Local groups

Climate activists have successfully fought off proposed plans for shale gas testing in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. Find out why this is such a significant win for climate, community and campaigning.

While the UK government claims to be committed to reducing emissions, more and more climate-wrecking projects like airport expansions keep rearing their heads. But that doesn’t mean we should accept it. Find out how campaigners helped to pressure Leeds Bradford Airport to withdraw their airport expansion planning application.

If enough voices make themselves heard, change is possible. But securing action from decision-makers comes with its challenges. Campaigner Denis Fernando explains how to get your council to act on climate (and how to respond if they say no).

How do you capture the heart of an issue and inspire people to get involved? Fusing photography, poetry and shots of gorgeous landscape, local group Darlington Friends of the Earth show us how to marry campaigning with art.

It's notoriously tough to get commitments from electoral candidates, but supporters and groups from across the Friends of the Earth family pulled out all the stops for May elections. Find out how many of our newly elected local leaders have publicly committed to climate action.

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?