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We campaign on today’s most urgent environmental and social issues. Your support has helped us provide funds for disaster relief, advocate to release environmental defenders from prison, and lobby businesses to bow out of unethical, environmentally-harmful deals. Below are just a few examples of our work together. Thanks for your continued support.
Travel ban for Gustavo Castro Soto lifted
March 31, 2016 – After being prevented from leaving Honduras for 24 days, the director of Friends of the...
01 April, 2016Environmental campaigner Evgeny Vistishko has been freed
But his ordeal is not completely over. Our colleagues at Friends of the Earth Russia have informed us that...
11 January, 2016Outcome appeal against Shell: victory for the environment and the Nigerian people – Friends of the Earth Netherlands
Amsterdam, December 18, 2015 - Four Nigerian farmers and Friends of the Earth Netherlands/ Milieudefensie welcome today’s ruling by...
18 December, 2015People power gathers momentum even as politicians fail in Paris
Actions and mass protests gathered pace around the world in the last two weeks, stealing the spotlight from the...
12 December, 2015For climate justice! Thousands mobilize around the world
Friends of the Earth helped mobilize hundreds of thousands of peaceful gatherings in Paris, and around the world, ahead...
28 November, 2015Another dirty energy domino falls as Engie swears off new coal investments
French Minister of the Environment Ségolène Royal announced today that energy giant Engie will stop investing in coal. Engie...
14 October, 2015Saving lives: Friends of the Earth Liberia’s campaign against Ebola
Late last year, we asked you to support Friends of the Earth Liberia in its bid to tackle the...
15 April, 2015Natalie Lowery has been released!
Natalie Lowrey was released unconditionally on police bail on June 27. Natalie is free to return home as long...
23 June, 2014Surprising Sri Lanka protest grabs government attention
Destructive land grabs in Sri Lanka's ancient Nilgala forest have ceased - at least for now. Friends of the...
18 March, 2014Friends of the Earth Ukraine member Vadim Shebanov released
Vadim Shebanov, a member of Friends of the Earth Ukraine, was arrested following a peaceful protest in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine...
08 March, 2014