C.
A.
R.
G.
O.
NEWS
Click here for more information
www.cargo.org.uk
HCC Plans for Garden Waste Collection
Click here for more information
April issue available
Click here for latest issue
Noticeboard
 |
ENERGY: WIND BLOWING IN GREEN DIRECTION
Plans for wind turbine proposals have been welcomed by a tourism company investing Ģ4m in the area.
Proposals for 12 turbines in Routh, near Beverley, are set to be unveiled at a public meeting.
Click here for more information
|
EUROPE REJECTS GM POTATOES
Friends of the Earth Europe has welcomed EU member states' rejection of the latest application to grow GMOs in Europe.
Click here for more information
ASDA "MANIPULATES" PLANNING SYSTEM
Friends of the Earth which has published a major new report revealing that supermarket groups were routinely "manipulating" the planning system.
Click here for more information
CLIMATE: BRANSON'S PRIZE FOR NEW INVENTION TO TACKLE CO2
In order to claim a huge financial reward the inventor must "demonstrate a commercially viable way of removing CO2 from the atmosphere.
Click here for more information
CRUELTY:SLAUGHTER OF ENDANGERED WHALES TO RESTART IN THE FACE OF PUBLIC OUTRAGE
Since 1986 commercial whaling has been banned, but there could be the start of a new open season on the world's whales.
Click here for more information
|
RECYCLING: DOUBLE STANDARDS AND HYPOCRACY
Councils in Yorkshire who are piling pressure on residents to recycle have been accused of failing to set their own targets for dealing with internal waste.
Click here for more information
KYOTO: BLAIR LEAVING TREATY TO FOUNDER
The Prime Minister's speech to the Labour Party Conference raised further concerns about his commitment to the Kyoto Protocol and international action to tackle climate change, Friends of the Earth said today. The environmental campaign group said the speech showed Blair had lost direction on the international stage.
Click here for more information
CLIMATE CHANGE AND G8 DITHERING
Global climate change is the single biggest environmental threat facing the planet. There is much that can be done to stop catastrophic climate change but decisive action is needed from governments and industry now.
President Bush has ruled out any deal on climate change at the G8 summit.
Click here for more information
|
Click here for more information
ENERGY REVIEW - DECLARED LEGALLY FLAWED
The Government's recent energy review, which backed a new generation of nuclear power plants, was 'legally flawed', according to documents given to the High Court.
Click here for more information
ENERGY: BROWN WILL PUSH FOR NEW NUCLEAR POWER
The Government has made it clear that some at least of Britain's ageing nuclear power stations will be replaced, sparking a huge row with environmental campaigners.
Click here for more information
ENERGY:BLAIR PUSHING AHEAD WITH NEW NUCLEAR POWER
The bleak outlook of a major new report on climate change shifted the onus onto governments and all of humanity to stop prevaricating.
Click here for more information
|
|
POLLUTION: UK GOVT IN THE DOCK OVER ABYSMAL SEWAGE POLLUTION RECORD
Raw sewage is STILL being discharged around much of Northern Ireland's coast.
Click here for more information
GMOs: VIOLATION OF TRADE RULES
Friends of the Earth Europe today urged the European Union to take the global lead and work for a new international system that, in contrast to World Trade Organisation (WTO), prioritises human health and environmental safety over free trade rules.
Click here for more information
BACKGROUND: REAL FOOD OR GM PRODUCE
The spectre of GM crops contaminating the food chain
Click here for more information
HOT TOPICS: HARD TRUTHS ABOUT PEACE AND PACIFISM FROM THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT
After four years of existence it is time to face some hard truths with respect to the anti-war movement in this country, say Scottish pacifists.
Click here for more information
Click here for more information
|
POLITICS: FOE URGES SUPPORT FOR CLIMATE BILL
Friends of the Earth urged Boris Johnson to support a Climate Change Bill.
Click here for more information
BIODIESEL: FOREST PROTECTION PLAN UNDER THREAT
The world's rainforests are being destroyed by the 'timber mafia'
Could corruption and greed and biodiesel be a rainforest killer?
Click here for more information
FORESTS: DEFORESTATION AND PREVENTABLE DISASTERS
The disaster in the Philippines is being blamed on two weeks of heavy rain and the replacement of the deep-rooted hillside forests with coconut plantations, which have shallower roots and cannot hold soil.
Illegal logging is rampant across much of the Philippines, but it is unclear whether the clearances in this area were carried out illegally.
Click here for more information
POLITICS
Hull FoE invited political candidates to state their environmental credentials. Find out who bothered to respond and what they said.
Click here for more information
PORRITT WARNS GREENS TO MEND 'NEGATIVE' WAYS
The founding father of the British green movement has launched a startling attack on his fellow campaigners for failing to tackle the world's great environmental problems.
Click here for more information
|
