In 2018, a leafy suburb in north-east England became a scene of devastation. Now Michael and Angela Green are leading a fight to prevent further destruction of their local parkland.
High pesticide use in UK farming – a checklist for change. Arable farmer Peter Lundgren canvassed the views of farmers, agronomists and agricultural researchers.
Published: 29 Nov 2018
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7 minute read
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Paul de Zylva
The government is pondering selling developers a licence to destroy nature. Paul de Zylva on why biodiversity offsetting and net gain are thinly veiled eco-vandalism.
Published: 29 Nov 2018
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Last updated: 05 Jun 2019
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4 minute read
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Celeste Hicks
A new road to ease congestion on the M4 in south Wales was first proposed in the 1990s. After nearly 30 years of campaigning by Friends of the Earth, the route through the Gwent Levels has been finally ruled out.
Chris Murphy is anxiously awaiting the arrival of migrating whooper swans at Lough Beg, Northern Ireland. Will they be disturbed by the building of a new road?
A protected wetland site in Oxfordshire, Otmoor has twice in the past 40 years been threatened with destruction. That is until Friends of the Earth got involved.
Published: 26 Sep 2018
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Last updated: 18 Dec 2018
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5 minute read
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Celeste Hicks
A ban on 3 bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides for all outdoor crops took effect in 2018. But the UK government has given emergency authorisation to farmers to use one of the pesticides. Read the latest.
How much space is there for nature in the UK? How do we use the land? Look at it from the air and you find some surprising answers, says Dan Raven-Ellison.
