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Fix fast fashion in Wales

The fashion industry contributes to climate breakdown and the ecological emergency.

Help solve Wales' waste problem - respond now

The Welsh Government is consulting on its Beyond Recycling strategy - respond today using quick and easy online action

Plastic is a waste

Welsh Government to ban single-use plastics – our reaction

Today (18 March 2020) the Welsh Government have announced plans to ban plastic straws, cutlery and polystyrene food and drink containers.

Tell the Welsh Government you want a Clean Air Act

**Please note the deadline for responses to this consultation has now passed**

AM Pension Scheme moves away from fossil fuels

Urgent action needed on homes

The Welsh Government is finally taking action on housing. In view of the climate emergency we urge them to move faster, as we’ve got the technology to fix it now.

A sustainable baby box for all new parents in Wales

Friends of the Earth Cymru are calling on the Welsh Government to give all new parents in Wales a sustainable baby box as part of their new zero waste strategy, 'Beyond Recycling.'

Charging road users will clean Cardiff's air

Cardiff Friends of the Earth and Friends of the Earth Cymru welcome plans to explore road user pricing throughout the city, as set out in Cardiff Council’s newly-published transport white paper.

Assembly members who support call to divest Welsh Assembly

Friends of the Earth Cymru are campaigning to stop the Welsh Assembly from investing in fossil fuels

No more coal - from Carmarthenshire or anywhere

The world is facing climate breakdown, and a nature crisis. Carmarthenshire County Council must do the right thing and reject the Glan Lash mine proposal.

Beyond recycling - Friends of the Earth Cymru reaction

Clean Air Plan good news for Wales but we need legislation asap

'Air pollution is a silent killer, so we need a Clean Air Act for Wales within this Assembly term', says Friends of the Earth Cymru director, Haf Elgar.

Call for sustainable fashion taskforce

Friends of the Earth Cymru and Sustainable Fashion Wales are calling for the Welsh Government to set up a sustainable fashion task force following the success of their #GreenCarpetWales campaign.

Welsh Music Prize nominees invited to wear sustainable fashion

Welsh Music Prize founder John Rostron supports Sustainable Fashion Wales and Friends of the Earth Cymru's call for WMP nominees and other attendees to wear sustainable fashion at the awards ceremony on Wednesday 27 November at the Coal Exchange in Cardiff.

Fix fast fashion in Wales

Green carpets Wales challenge

Sustainable Fashion Wales and Friends of the Earth Cymru are challenging nominees and attendees of red carpet events in Wales to wear a sustainable outfits.

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Consultation Response to Uskmouth Power Station permit change

Friends of the Earth Cymru has responded to Natural Resource Wales’s consultation on the Uskmouth power station permit change.

Beyond Recycling consultation - our response

Friends of the Earth Cymru has responded to the Welsh Government's Beyond Recycling consultation.

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Help solve Wales' waste problem - respond now

The Welsh Government is consulting on its Beyond Recycling strategy - respond today using quick and easy online action

Plastic is a waste

Welsh Government to ban single-use plastics – our reaction

Today (18 March 2020) the Welsh Government have announced plans to ban plastic straws, cutlery and polystyrene food and drink containers.

Tell the Welsh Government you want a Clean Air Act

**Please note the deadline for responses to this consultation has now passed**

AM Pension Scheme moves away from fossil fuels

Urgent action needed on homes

The Welsh Government is finally taking action on housing. In view of the climate emergency we urge them to move faster, as we’ve got the technology to fix it now.

A sustainable baby box for all new parents in Wales

Friends of the Earth Cymru are calling on the Welsh Government to give all new parents in Wales a sustainable baby box as part of their new zero waste strategy, 'Beyond Recycling.'

Charging road users will clean Cardiff's air

Cardiff Friends of the Earth and Friends of the Earth Cymru welcome plans to explore road user pricing throughout the city, as set out in Cardiff Council’s newly-published transport white paper.

Assembly members who support call to divest Welsh Assembly

Friends of the Earth Cymru are campaigning to stop the Welsh Assembly from investing in fossil fuels

No more coal - from Carmarthenshire or anywhere

The world is facing climate breakdown, and a nature crisis. Carmarthenshire County Council must do the right thing and reject the Glan Lash mine proposal.