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Eco heating: what are the options?

  Published:  11 Oct 2018     |       Last updated:  02 Feb 2023     |       11 minute read     |         |     Mike Childs
With soaring energy bills and worse to come, is eco heating the answer? Discover sustainable ways to heat your home, plus other tips to reduce your bills. Mike Childs, Head of Science, Policy and Research at Friends of the Earth, reviews the pros and cons of the best options for homeowners, including heat pumps, insulation and smart controls.

Polling shows Conservative councillors at odds with government on fast-track fracking plans

  Published:  02 Aug 2018     |       2 minute read
New polling published today by the Campaign to Protect Rural England and Friends of the Earth reveals that an overwhelming majority (80%) of Conservative councillors in areas where fracking companies have a licence to drill and explore for gas believe that planning applications should be required before drilling.

Saving Druridge Bay from opencast coal mining

  Published:  23 Jul 2018     |       Last updated:  23 Nov 2018     |       4 minute read
Druridge Bay is again under threat from an opencast coal mine. The High Court has upheld a challenge against the government’s refusal of planning permission in this Northumberland beauty spot.