Climate

Transport has been a stubborn sector for cutting climate-wrecking emissions for years now, so 2021 needs to be the year that changes

Clear warning that bold and sweeping changes are urgently needed

Decision undermines UK government claims of global leadership on climate crisis

Decision should signal end of the road for opencast coal mining in England

Supreme Court Judgment is no ‘green light’ for expansion

At the Climate Ambition Summit today Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the UK will ‘end direct support’ in overseas oil and gas projects but has left a loophole for some projects.

Recommendation by planning officers today, that Newcastle City Council reject planning permission for an opencast coal mine at Dewley Hill, welcomed by Friends of the Earth

The advice of the government’s advisory Committee on Climate Change on the Sixth Carbon Budget is published today

Support local councils or miss your own climate targets – Friends of the Earth and local government issue warning to Westminster.

“This could be a real breakthrough in the fight to protect Rimrose Valley"