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.
A local action group is a grassroots group. Friends of the Earth has hundreds of local action groups around the country. They're run by thousands of volunteers from all backgrounds. To start one, you need at least five people in England, or three in Wales and Northern Ireland.
“The government should never have entertained the idea of a climate-wrecking third runway.” Laura MacKenzie, climate change campaigner at Friends of the Earth
