Stories

The facts about air pollution are flabbergasting. It's linked to heart disease, asthma, dementia and causes lung cancer. Read on for more facts that could well surprise you.

We’re considering an appeal after the national adaptation plan was ruled lawful. Read the legal briefing by our lawyers Will Rundle and Niall Toru.

The UK government has a small window to deliver a bold and fair climate plan that’ll transform both our present reality and our long-term future. We’re calling for ambitious action now. Find out what it’s all about.

As the UK’s last coal-fired power plant closes down, we look back at our decades-long campaign against coal and celebrate the communities who’ve led the way.

In a blow to the fossil fuel industry, Friends of the Earth and South Lakes Action on Climate Change have won their court cases against plans to build a coal mine in Cumbria. Read our legal briefing and find out why the plans were unlawful, as well as destructive and unnecessary.

Together with the No Gas Caverns campaign group, we stopped huge gas storage caves being solution mined under Larne Lough and all the damage that would have wrought in a stunning marine protected area. Read about the Larne Lough case.

Activists have won a stunning victory at the Supreme Court against oil drilling in Surrey. Find out how this is another step towards a fossil free future.

The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of grassroots and climate campaigners in a heavy blow for the fossil fuel industry. Read about the Horse Hill case and what it means for the future of fossil fuel projects in the UK.

Is renewable energy reliable? Can renewable energy replace fossil fuels? There’s a lot of questions and disinformation about renewable energy. Friends of the Earth’s renewable energy campaigner Tony Bosworth debunks the myths and answers some of the most popular questions about renewable energy.

For a second time we've defeated the UK government in court over its main climate strategy to reduce carbon emissions and help reach net zero. What's the government's climate plan and why do we need a better one?