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Fri, 28 Dec 07
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS: GO GREEN FOR A GREAT 2008!
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/new_years_resolutions_go_g_211 22007.html
Save cash and save the planet by taking up some of Friends of the Earth?s suggestions for green New Year?s resolutions.

Thu, 27 Dec 07
Government action needed to ensure a healthy future for town centres
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/government_action_needed_t_020 12008.html
The Government is being called on to take action to prevent the further decline of town centres and local independent shops. A consortium of environmental and public interest groups has today launched a list of measures needed to promote diverse and sustainable town centres and to reduce damaging supermarket dominance.

Wed, 19 Dec 07
EU SLAMMED OVER GREEN CARS
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/eu_slammed_over_green_cars_191 22007.html
EU Commission proposals, announced today, to make car manufacturers produce greener cars have been blasted for being far too weak by Friends of the Earth.

Wed, 19 Dec 07
EU MINISTERS MUST STRENGTHEN PLANS FOR CURBING AVIATION EMISSIONS
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/eu_ministers_must_strength_191 22007.html
The EU Council of Environment Ministers is meeting on Thursday to discuss plans to try and curb carbon dioxide emissions from air travel by including aviation in the European Union?s Emissions Trading Scheme [EU ETS]. But Friends of the Earth says that the current proposals are far too weak to have any significant effect, and is calling on the proposals to be strengthened.

Tue, 18 Dec 07
Londoners back plans to increase c-charge for gas guzzlers
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/londoners_back_plans_to_in_181 22007.html
New polling results, published today, showing that two thirds of Londoners support proposals to charge gas-guzzling cars £25 a day to drive in the central London congestion charge zone, have been welcomed by Friends of the Earth.

Tue, 18 Dec 07
EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO PUBLISH PLANS FOR GREENER CARS
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/european_commission_to_pub_181 22007.html
On Wednesday December 19th, the European Commission is expected to publish its legislative proposals for reducing carbon dioxide emission from new cars. Decisions taken over the next 18 months could set standards for all new cars sold in the EU until 2020 and would thus have a impact on carbon dioxide emissions until around 2030. The decision will be a key test of the EU?s commitment to tackling climate change.

Tue, 18 Dec 07
Green Energy Project Makes Ideal Christmas Gift
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/green_energy_project_makes_181 22007.html
A High Peak company is coming to the rescue of last minute Christmas shoppers with a novel gift idea ? buying shares in a local renewable energy project.

Mon, 17 Dec 07
GOVERNMENT COULD FACE LEGAL CHALLENGE OVER EAST OF ENGLAND PLAN
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/government_could_face_lega_171 22007.html
The Government could face a legal challenge over the environmental impact of its regional development plan for the East of England [1], a Friends of the Earth report warns today. The public consultation on ?further proposed changes to the East of England Plan? closes today.

Mon, 17 Dec 07
Government Publishes Planning Policy Statement on Climate Change
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/government_publishes_plann_171 22007.html
Friends of the Earth welcomed the publication of the Government?s first Planning Policy Statement on Climate Change today (17 December). The statement provides guidance for local authority planners on the role they need to play in tackling climate change.

Mon, 17 Dec 07
Kyoto afloat despite attempted sabotage
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/kyoto_afloat_despite_attem_171 22007.html
Negotiators reached a deal in Bali today (Saturday) on taking forward the Kyoto Protocol but Friends of the Earth International expressed disappointment at the weak content following many attempts to derail the talks by some delegations

Fri, 14 Dec 07
GOVERNMENT MUST NOT CAVE IN TO FUEL PROTESTERS, SAY LEADING GREEN GROUPS
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/government_must_not_cave_i_141 22007.html
As fuel tax protesters threaten a new wave of fuel protests across Britain, the UK's leading environmental groups are calling on the Government to do more to get people and freight off our roads and on to more climate-friendly alternatives such as trains.

Wed, 12 Dec 07
Industrialised countries must act: Bali mandate at stake
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/industrialised_countries_m_121 22007.html
Friends of the Earth International today warned Ministers arriving at the UN climate talks in Bali that they have a huge task ahead at these talks if they are to be deemed a success.

Wed, 12 Dec 07
SUSTAINABILITY WILL BE AT THE HEART OF THE NEXT BUDGET, PROMISES CHANCELLOR
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/sustainability_will_be_at_1212 2007.html
Friends of the Earth has welcomed today?s pledge by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, that ?it is sustainability that will be at the heart of the next budget?. But the environmental campaign group, which has been calling for green budgetary action, said that the Chancellor?s commitment to protecting the environment would be measured by actions not words.

Tue, 11 Dec 07
Who is the greenest Lib Dem leadership candidate - Friends of the Earth interviews the contenders
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/who_is_the_greenest_lib_de_111 22007.html
Liberal Democrat leadership contenders Nick Clegg and Chris Huhne have both been interviewed by Friends of the Earth to help establish who has the best green credentials. The campaign group is hoping that Liberal Democrat members who want to make the environment a central issue for the party will check out the on-line interviews before voting.

Tue, 11 Dec 07
HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY KYOTO
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/happy_10th_birthday_kyoto_1112 2007.html
On the 10th anniversary of the agreement of the Kyoto Protocol, Friends of the Earth International urged industrialised countries to celebrate by announcing a commitment to agree further cuts in greenhouse gas emissions of at least 40 per cent by 2020.

Mon, 10 Dec 07
World bank: don't privatise forests
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/world_bank_dont_privatise_1012 2007.html
Friends of the Earth is urging governments at the United Nations climate talks in Bali today to reject a new World Bank initiative promoting the inclusion of forests in carbon markets.

Mon, 10 Dec 07
Government Announces Massive Boost for Offshore Wind
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/government_announces_massi_101 22007.html
Government proposals to boost offshore wind were welcomed by Friends of the Earth today (10 December).

Mon, 10 Dec 07
GOVERNMENT TO ANNOUNCE MASSIVE INCREASE IN OFF-SHORE WIND
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/government_to_announce_mas_101 22007.html
Reports that ministers will reveal tomorrow (Monday) that Britain is to embark on a wind power revolution that will produce enough electricity to power every home in the country; have been welcomed by Friends of the Earth.

Mon, 10 Dec 07
Government plans two million pounds PR campaign to promote incineration
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/government_plans_two_milli_101 22007.html
The Government is planning a PR onslaught to promote the burning of waste, Friends of the Earth revealed today. Leaked Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) documents outline their controversial plans to use celebrity spokespeople to gain public support for incineration. Information obtained by foe indicates that over £2 million pounds of taxpayers' money is planned for the scheme, at a time when DEFRA is cutting budgets in other areas.

Fri, 7 Dec 07
COUNCILS MUST DO MORE TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/councils_must_do_more_to_s_071 22007.html
Councils can play a major role in tackling climate change, but many have failed to put appropriate strategies and action plans in to place, a new report by the Local Government Association Independent Climate Change Commission says today.

Fri, 7 Dec 07
Marchers call for international climate action
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/marchers_call_for_internat_071 22007.html
World leaders gathering at the UN climate talks in Bali this week must seize the historic opportunity to create a robust international framework to tackle climate change and safeguard the future for generations to come, Friends of the Earth urged today.

Fri, 7 Dec 07
Friends of the Earth International: keep unfair trade out of Bali talks
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/friends_of_the_earth_inter_071 22007.html
Informal trade talks scheduled to take place in Bali this weekend could seriously threaten the opportunity for a just and sustainable way forward on tackling climate change, Friends of the Earth International warned on the eve of the talks (Friday).

Fri, 7 Dec 07
EUROPEAN RENEWABLE REVOLUTION UNDERMINED BY AGRO-FUELS FOLLY
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/european_renewable_revolut_071 22007.html
European plans to provide 20 per cent of EU energy from renewable sources - which are contained in a leaked draft of the EU renewable energy directive - have been warmly welcomed by Friends of the Earth. But, the environmental campaign group warned that plans for a huge increase in agro-fuels (biofuels)seriously undermine the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help the world?s poor

Wed, 5 Dec 07
Friends of the Earth welcomes Conservative's energy policy
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/friends_of_the_earth_welco0_05 122007.html
Friends of the Earth warmly welcomes today?s Conservative party announcement on the adoption of policies to support smaller scale renewable electricity generation. Their key recommendations include the introduction of a feed-in tariff: a duty on electricity companies to pay a guaranteed, long-term, premium price for electricity generated by renewable sources and exported to the National Grid.

Mon, 3 Dec 07
GOVERNMENT STILL FAILING ON GREEN TAXES, NEW FIGURES REVEAL
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/government_still_failing_o0_03 122007.html
Green taxes, as a percentage of overall taxation, fell again in 2006, new Government figures reveal today. This is the fourth year in a row that the figure has fallen. Taxes from pollution now account for 7.3 % of total tax, compared with 9.4% in 1997

Mon, 3 Dec 07
AIRLINES FLYING LONGER DISTANCES TO AVOID AIR TRAFFIC CHARGES
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/airlines_flying_longer_dis_031 22007.html
Friends of the Earth has expressed strong concern following BBC revelations that some airlines are avoiding air traffic control charges by flying longer, more indirect routes to and from the UK, and consequently pumping out more environmentally damaging carbon dioxide.