Why air pollution is an environmental justice issue
06 Nov 2025
Find out which neighbourhoods in England and Wales have the highest levels of dirty air and how its impacts are unfairly distributed across society.
Data centres - are our heads in the cloud?
Mary Stevens 26 Oct 2025
Why the government urgently needs to rethink its approach to data centres and AI infrastructure.
How polluter pays taxes can fund a bold and fair climate plan
29 Aug 2025
Taxing polluting companies and wealthy individuals could fund climate action. Here we answer some common questions about how polluter pays taxes would work in the UK.
Spreadsheet of air pollution data by local authority
01 Apr 202558 kB XLSX file
Using 2021-2023 air pollution data, we've identified the number of neighbourhoods in local council areas across England and Wales that exceed World Health Organization guidelines. Download the full dataset.
It’s time we paid farmers properly, and more
Paul de Zylva 10 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.
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.
When will the government act to halt plastic pollution?
Camilla Zerr 01 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 Gross 15 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 Kirby 19 Mar 2020
Friends of the Earth's briefing on how to end plastic pollution.
Post Brexit - the UK at the crossroads
Kierra Box, Trade Campaigner 06 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 life 05 Apr 2019
A third of urban journeys could be by bike with investment in segregated cycleways and e-bikes