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Craig-yr-Hesg Quarry from Cefn Eglywsilan by Gareth James, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Welsh quarries should not damage people or wildlife

Jenny Lloyd, Local Action and Community Campaigns Officer

Published: 19 Dec 2024

The materials our society needs, Jenny argues, shouldn't be extracted in a way that harms people or nature. Quarrying for the minerals and stone we need has to done in a sustainable way, and greater regulations and protections are needed.

Sea express oil spill

Campaigning for a greener and fairer Wales since 1984

Published: 2 Dec 2024

Friends of the Earth Cymru has raised awareness of nature, climate and environmental issues, alongside our inspiring grassroots activist network for the past four decades.

Carteg colliery site now by Tom Maloney

Demand a coal ban for Wales

Published: 6 Nov 2024

Take action today to stop more climate-wrecking proposals.

Glan Lash photo

Tell Carmarthenshire Council: say no again to extending Glan Lash coal mine

Published: 6 Nov 2024

Last year Carmarthenshire councillors said no to extending Glan Lash coal mine. But now the same company has applied to extract coal from the site again. The council must reject this application and keep Wales free from open cast mining.

Ffos y Fran

Failure to restore opencast sites letting communities down

Published: 14 Oct 2024

A Senedd committee report is a stark warning that the current system is failing people and the planet, time after time.

Picture of contaminated land

Everyone should have a right to a healthy environment

Kierra Box
Trade and Environmental Regulation campaigner
Friends of the Earth

Published: 22 Jul 2024

For years, too many polluters have been allowed to get away with it in Wales. As Kierra explains, Welsh communities suffering the effects don't have recourse to a proper environmental watchdog but that is all about to change.

People in a meeting

Cardiff unites for warm homes

Published: 22 May 2024

The weather may be heating up but Friends of the Earth groups in Wales are continuing their campaign calling for warm homes for everyone, knowing that we cannot go into another winter where people's lives will be put at risk by sky high energy bills and heat leaking homes.

Baby on a rug surrounded by toys

Introduce a network of Toy Libraries around Wales

Published: 17 May 2024

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Speakers at the event

Cross-party support for sustainable fashion at event

Published: 17 May 2024

Senedd members from Welsh Labour, Welsh Conservatives and Plaid Cymru turned out for a sustainable fashion exhibition sponsored by Julie Morgan MS on Tuesday 14 May.

Child grasping a few toys and looking at the camera

Starting a toy library: it’s easy if you try

Maia Banks, founder of The Honeycomb Toy Library

Published: 17 May 2024

Setting up any sort of enterprise from scratch can seem daunting. But if you, like me, feel an urge to build something in your community, like to play, and want to make a dent in our environmental footprint, you might find setting up a toy library is worth the challenge.

Ty Llwyd

Righting the wrong: readdressing Wales’ historical legacy

Kirsty Luff, Communications Officer, Friends of the Earth Cymru

Published: 17 May 2024

In the past, Wales was an industrial powerhouse. Local communities across the country, the last to benefit from the gargantuan wealth from all the mining, ironworking, and other extractive industries, are still paying a hefty price.

Photo of water filling up the hole at Ffos y Fran

Make Ffos y Fran safe – restore now

Published: 22 Apr 2024

Since the owners stopped mining the site, Ffos y Fran has been allowed to rapidly fill with water, and is fast becoming a polluted lake, hazardous to residents in many ways.

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