Success stories

Energy Bill success
Get paid more to produce green energy

November 2008

CBI's secrets revealed
Government ordered to release CBI lobbying documents

May 2008

Brown's backbench bruising on renewables
37 Labour MPs vote for a feed-in tariff.

April 2008

Public banks say no to Sakhalin II
Shell's oil and gas project fails to secure public funding.

March 2008

Shell abandons wildlife prize
Sponsor of the wildlife photography award is dropped.

February 2008

EBRD pulls out of Sakhalin II project
EBRD will no longer consider financing the project.

December 2007

Palm oil campaign wins award
Friends of the Earth and the Ape Alliance win award.

March 2007

Companies Act 2006
Government makes improvements to UK company law.

November 2006

Shell clean up in Durban
Leaky pipelines at the SAPREF refinery are replaced.

November 2006

EU ministers vote to keep GM bans
European environment ministers vote to allow GM bans.

June 2005

AMEC and Spie pull out of Yusufeli Dam
The future of the town looks brighter.

January 2003

Balfour Beatty give up on Ilisu Dam
The company pulls out of the controverisal Turkish project.

November 2001

Top retailers go peat-free
DIY stores refuse to stock peat after supporter campaigning.

September 2001