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80 litres per person per day

By Bleddyn Lake
Campaigns and Development Manager
Friends of the Earth Cymru

Published: 2 Aug 2022

As we struggle with the heat, a long dry spell, huge cost of living increases and possible water shortages, Friends of the Earth Cymru Campaigns and Development Manager, Bleddyn Lake, looks at how setting a new improved water use target in Wales could have many positive benefits.

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New Clean Air Bill is a historic moment for Wales

Published: 6 Jul 2022

Friends of the Earth Cymru, with other members of Healthy Air Cymru, welcomes the news that a Clean Air Bill is included in the First Minister’s legislative statement, published today (5 July 2022).

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How Egnïo 2022 energised the network

Becky Harford
Activism and Community Campaigns Officer
Friends of the Earth Cymru

Published: 1 Jul 2022

For the first time in three years, our groups, activists and supporters met face-to-face at Egnïo 22. Becky, our Activism and Community Campaigns Officer, reflects on what we learned from these two one-day events in Pontypridd and Bangor.

Paula Dunster and her son

People on lowest incomes breathe most polluted air

Published: 16 Jun 2022

New research from Friends of the Earth, released by Healthy Air Cymru on Clean Air Day, indicates people on the lowest incomes in Wales are breathing in the most polluted air.

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North-south airlink subsidy to be scrapped - our reaction

Published: 8 Jun 2022

Friends of the Earth Cymru and Welsh Liberal Democrat Senedd Member Jane Dodds welcome the Welsh Government’s announcement that the north-south airlink subsidy is to be scrapped.

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Public sector pensions to be decarbonised by 2030

Published: 7 Jun 2022

If everything goes to plan, public sector pension funds in Wales will be free of fossil fuel investments by 2030.

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Uskmouth Incinerator scrapped

Published: 20 Apr 2022

The old Uskmouth power station near Newport will not become a incinerator after all. The company withdrew their plans, bringing the incinerator proposal to an end - a big win for people and planet!

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Buy your Egnio 2022 tickets

Published: 1 Apr 2022

Book your ticket for Egnio today! Egnio 2022, or ‘energise’ in Welsh, is the Wales version of Groundswell, Friends of the Earth’s flagship programme of regional and national events for grassroots activists and supporters.

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Bus reforms would make Welsh transport fairer and greener

Published: 1 Apr 2022

Friends of the Earth Cymru welcomes the Welsh Government the Bus White Paper, published today (Thursday 31 March), which sets out plans to introduce ‘one network, one timetable and one ticket’.

Local communities celebrate the council's unanimous decision to reject an application for a new opencast coal mine, in Nant Llesg, near Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales, Caerphilly

How to decarbonise public sector pensions

Bleddyn Lake,
Campaigns and Development Manager,
Friends of the Earth Cymru

Published: 11 Feb 2022

In Wales, when it comes to public sector pensions funds getting rid of their fossil fuel investments, everyone looks to everyone else to act. Bleddyn, long-time campaigner on this issue, explores exactly what it will take to get past this stalemate.

Junctions 14-16 of the A55 at Llanfairfechan

Wales Roads Review - our response

Published: 11 Feb 2022

Our response to the Wales Roads Review: initial panel report, published by the Welsh Government today (10 February 2022)

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How Caerphilly gained a Tiny Forest

By Lynn Gazal and Terry Gordon,
Climate Action Caerphilly

Published: 25 Jan 2022

Lynn Gazal, full time mum and environmental campaigner and Terry Gordon, a retired Geotechnical engineer, tell the story of how a community group brought a Tiny Forest to their local park during the Covid-19 Pandemic, and some things they learned along the way.

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