Friends of the Earth
Britishnoun
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"It was such a shock to the local community," said Gordon James, then director of Friends of the Earth in Wales.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
Haf Elgar, director of Friends of the Earth Cymru, warned it could now end up having to add Ffos-y-Fran's overburden mounds to its list of sites to monitor.
From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025
Tony Bosworth, climate campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said the plan was "virtually the equivalent of bolting an airport the size of Gatwick onto Heathrow".
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
Campaigner group Friends of the Earth told AFP such centres are "completely unsustainable".
From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025
In the most recent case, six Norwegian activists and local branches of environmental NGOs Greenpeace and Young Friends of the Earth approached the court in France's Strasbourg after repeatedly losing in national courts.
From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025
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