Campaigns
The major campaign issues of Friends of the Earth in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are:
- Biodiversity
- Climate change
- Corporate Accountability
- Global trade
- Real Food
- Transport
- Waste
High profile campaigns have included the return of 1500 non-returnable bottles to Schweppes in 1971, and the successful "Alice's Meadow" campaign of 1983 - which helped force the diversion of the proposed M40 motorway around Otmoor.
In 2012 Andy Atkins, Friends of the Earth Executive Director, spoke out against the way shale gas is used in the UK and the effects on wildlife and habitats and voicing his support of sustainable energy options such as wind, wave and tidal energy.
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