It’s time we paid farmers properly, and more
Paul de Zylva10 May 2024
Paul de Zylva examines the unsustainable future facing many UK farmers and the factors that should be considered in creating a fair price for farming.
Spreadsheet of air pollution data by council
06 Oct 202364 kB XLSX file
Using 2022 air pollution data published by DEFRA we have identified the number of neighbourhoods in council areas in England and Wales that exceed World Health Organisation levels.
Air pollution in local authority areas spreadsheet
01 Oct 202252 kB XLSX file
This spreadsheet lists the number and proportion of very high air pollution neighbourhoods grouped by local authority area. It includes data on NO2, PM10 and PM2.5 levels in comparison with World Health Organization guidelines. Download the spreadsheet for more information.
Air pollution and schools spreadsheet
01 Oct 2022120 kB XLSX file
This spreadsheet lists the schools that are in neighbourhoods with very high air pollution, grouped by local authority area. Download the spreadsheet for more information.
Which neighbourhoods have the worst air pollution?
01 Oct 2022
Air pollution poses a serious threat to lives and livelihoods. Find out which neighbourhoods in England and Wales have the highest levels of air pollution and how the impacts of dirty air are unfairly distributed across society.
When will the government act to halt plastic pollution?
Camilla Zerr01 Dec 2021
Camilla Zerr, Plastics campaigner reflects on the current crisis and government’s slow progress in facing up to the plastics reduction challenge.
“Immediately halt any new extraction projects” in the UK, authors of landmark study reveal
Steve Pye, Dan Welsby, James Price, Paul Ekins and Danny Gross15 Oct 2021
Friends of the Earth interview the authors of the milestone academic study that estimates how much oil, fossil methane gas and coal needs to remain in the ground. They reveal that new fossil fuel extraction projects in the UK are incompatible with limiting global heating to 1.5 degrees.
Ending plastic pollution – briefing
Julian Kirby19 Mar 2020
Friends of the Earth's briefing on how to end plastic pollution.
Post Brexit - the UK at the crossroads
Kierra Box, Trade Campaigner06 Mar 2020
The UK has left the European Union. Will the government make the right decisions to protect the environment?
Segregated cycleways and e-bikes - the future of urban travel
Lynn Sloman and Lisa Hopkinson, Transport for Quality of life05 Apr 2019
A third of urban journeys could be by bike with investment in segregated cycleways and e-bikes