Local groups

Across the UK, incinerators are being given the green light by councils. With low-income and minority communities disproportionately bearing the brunt of the pollution coming from these wood and waste-burning plants, Shaista Hussain looks at one city’s battle to protect local people from a new incinerator.

In July 2019 Caerphilly (South Wales) was awarded "plastic-free community" status by a marine conservation charity, following the town’s campaign to reduce single-use plastic. So how did they do it?

A vibrant community campaign on Merseyside is determined not to let the government build a road through their cherished green space.

Swale Friends of the Earth wins Earthmovers award for a campaign on plastic waste.

René Gonzalez was on paternity leave when he took on the challenge of reinventing Lambeth Friends of the Earth.

Swale Friends of the Earth has welcomed the completion of the latest wind farm projects on the Isle of Sheppey.

Ray Cobbett has spent much of his retirement campaigning with Friends of the Earth's local group in Havant. He turned 80 this year yet shows no sign of slowing down.