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Wales Clean Air Plan - our response

The Clean Air Plan for Wales is a huge step forward in our fight to clean up our air but investment, behaviour change and a Clean Air Act is needed to ensure the plan delivers the changes we want to see.

Service standards & active travel needed to fix Welsh transport - new report

Everyone in Wales should have the right to Swiss-style public transport service standards and Dutch-style active travel, according to a new report from Transport for Quality of Life commissioned by Friends of the Earth Cymru.

Sport - how to reduce its environmental impact

Joe Cooke, professional cricketer for Glamorgan County Cricket Club, shows six steps individuals and clubs can take to reduce sport's environmental impact.

Clean up our air

Clean Air Act must be part of a recovery plan for Wales

As restrictions are eased, making sure people can breathe clean air must be an essential part of a green and just recovery plan for Wales.

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

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Wales Clean Air Plan - our response

The Clean Air Plan for Wales is a huge step forward in our fight to clean up our air but investment, behaviour change and a Clean Air Act is needed to ensure the plan delivers the changes we want to see.

Service standards & active travel needed to fix Welsh transport - new report

Everyone in Wales should have the right to Swiss-style public transport service standards and Dutch-style active travel, according to a new report from Transport for Quality of Life commissioned by Friends of the Earth Cymru.

Sport - how to reduce its environmental impact

Joe Cooke, professional cricketer for Glamorgan County Cricket Club, shows six steps individuals and clubs can take to reduce sport's environmental impact.

Clean up our air

Clean Air Act must be part of a recovery plan for Wales

As restrictions are eased, making sure people can breathe clean air must be an essential part of a green and just recovery plan for Wales.

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.

Coronavirus guidance

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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.