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Farm damaged by gas drilling earthquakes in Groningen, The Netherlands

Groningen earthquakes: don’t live near gas well, warn locals

Published: 04 Jun 2019 | 2 minute read

Locals from the Dutch city of Groningen have been plagued by earthquakes. They want to warn people in England about living in an area licensed for gas extraction.

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Corned beef being sourced from company linked to Amazon destruction

Published: 04 Jun 2019 | 2 minute read

Friends of the Earth has traced supermarket corned beef to a meat company accused of violating rainforest-protection laws.

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The enormous Hambacher surface mine stretches to the horizon

Standing up to Banks Mining - again

Published: 04 Jun 2019 | 2 minute read

When Banks Mining requested planning permission to dig an opencast coal mine at Dewley Hill near Newcastle, they weren't bargaining on a vibrant community campaign.

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Trump baby blimp flying at the Trump protest in London, July 2018

Resistance to Donald Trump: a climate snapshot

Published: 29 May 2019 | Last updated: 06 Nov 2024 | 3 minute read

Throughout Trump's former presidency, individuals and communities rose up to protest his climate-wrecking policies. Read these tales of environmental resistance and inspire your inner activist.

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Tree facts: Rowan tree amid greenery on Loughrigg Fell in the Lake District

Why we want to save the Hambach Forest

Published: 20 May 2019 | 5 minute read | | Celeste Hicks

Friends of the Earth Germany had been fighting opencast coal for decades. And then a beautiful ancient woodland in the Rhineland came under threat.

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Smoke and glowing embers dominate the forest during the last of the flames of the Harding Fire in north east Saskatchewan

Climate emergency: what’s the plan?

Published: 16 May 2019 | 6 minute read | | Mike Childs

We know about the dangers of hitting 1.5°C of global warming. We also know we’re on course for over 3°C. So what’s the plan?

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Tina Rothery and Julie Daniels of the Women in White with placards at the Preston New Road fracking site

How earthquakes could topple the fracking industry

Published: 24 Apr 2019 | 2 minute read

Behind the scenes, fracking companies have been desperately lobbying the government to weaken earthquake rules for fracking.

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photo of Manchester from the air with haze over the city

Amazing community-led projects in Manchester

Published: 23 Apr 2019 | 1 minute read

How communities in Manchester are cleaning up their local environment and how you can take action in your area too.

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Youth climate strikes: why I’ll keep striking and when I’ll stop

Published: 09 Apr 2019 | 3 minute read | | Ummi Hoque

Even though my A-level exams are less than two months away, I will not stop striking until the government declares a climate emergency.

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Duncan Lawrence working at the Drift cafe, which he owns, in Cresswell, Druridge Bay

Druridge Bay: why I believe we can win again

Published: 08 Apr 2019 | 2 minute read

During the day, Duncan Lawrence runs a busy cafe. He then swaps his apron for a computer, working into the small hours of the morning to stop a coal mine.

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