The environmental group Friends of the Earth tentatively applauded the news of a new food safety agency.
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The director of Friends of the Earth, Julian Rosser, said it had not been demonstrated that the new processes work completely effectively.
The groups are Friends of the Earth, the Aviation Environment Federation, the National Society for Clean Air, and the Heathrow Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise.
In 1969 he founded Friends of the Earth along with the League of Conservation Voters and initiated the founding of independent Friends of the Earth Organizations in other countries.
But Tony Bosworth, of the campaign group Friends of the Earth, underlined the environmental impacts of fracking and called for the technology to be "shelved in the UK as it has been elsewhere in the world" - at least until it was "proven to be safe".
"There's lead acetate in hair dyes, lead in lipsticks, formaldehyde and 1, 4-dioxane in baby shampoos and other shampoos, " said Lisa Archer, co-founder and former director of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and current director for the environmental group Friends of the Earth.
Campaign organiser Andrew Pendleton of the environmental group Friends of the Earth said "leading retailers have already taken action by removing these pesticides from their shelves and supply chains - the UK government must act too".
But many high-profile organisations, such as the British Dental Health Foundation, Unison, the National Obesity Forum, the British Medical Association and Friends of the Earth, believe this does not go far enough.
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On the first anniversary of the Conservatives and Lib Dems joining forces, Friends of the Earth published a review that said there had been little or no progress on 55 out of 75 policies.
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Other groups filing the petition were Friends of the Earth and WaterWatch of Oregon.
Among those who have also objected to the plans are Friends of the Earth, Campaign to Protect Rural England, Ramblers Association, Nun Monkton and Masham parish councils and North Yorkshire Waste Action group.
In a joint statement in August 2006 Greenpeace, the WWF and Friends of the Earth said: "Carbon offsets should only be seen as a last resort" and that "purchasing offsets can be seen as an easy way out for governments, businesses and individuals to continue polluting without making changes to the way they do business or their behavior".
Key figures from the groups which include Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth have said the road is unnecessary and should not have been approved.
Plymouth Bio-Fuels is the only outlet in Devon and there are only about 30 Bio-Fuel factories around the UK at the moment, but they are increasing in number with the support of environmental groups like Friends of the Earth.
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The environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth argued fines should be retained for some persistent offenders.
Oxford City Council created the meadow with charity Friends of the Earth as part of its Bee Cause campaign.
Campaigners were delighted with the EU stance - Friends of the Earth's Andrew Pendleton said it was a timely move.
However, the environmental group, Friends of the Earth, believes that even with better containers, OPs still will not be safe.
The Dutch arm of Friends of the Earth, which represented the Nigerian farmers, welcomed the compensation order for one village, but said it was "stunned" by its defeats in other villages.
The residents were represented in court for the two-day hearing by campaign group Friends of the Earth.
He missed the nuances about genetic engineering applied to agriculture and food production and as is his wont, devoted ample ink to the anti-biotech crowd, including the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology (which Pollack described only as a "nonprofit group, " although "doctrinaire anti-biotechnology lobbyists" would have been more accurate) and the radical, notoriously mendacious Friends of the Earth.
The bill also covers the anonymity currently granted to party political donors here, an issue which has attracted the interest of campaigning groups such as Friends of the Earth.
Environment Minister John Griffiths said welcomed the report, but Gareth Clubb, director of Friends of the Earth Cymru, believes ministers should be pressing the case for renewable energy harder.
Draft proposals, published last year, were opposed by groups including the National Trust, Campaign to Protect Rural England and Friends of the Earth, amid criticism that they amounted to a "developers' charter".
"The study is really quite limited, " Clare Oxborrow, from Friends of the Earth, told BBC News.
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Also Tuesday, Bayer filed another motion in the MDL seeking to clarify that two environmental groups, Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, are vociferously opposed to genetically modified crops.
The FSC was formed by a coalition of advocacy groups including Rainforest Action Network, Friends of the Earth and World Wildlife Foundation.
"Investment in energy efficiency and renewables is the only reliable way to guarantee energy security, " said Silvia Hermann, from Friends of the Earth Europe.
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In parts of heavily deforested Para state, the average distance timber is carried to sawmills has risen from 17 kilometres to 70 over the past decade, encouraging loggers to move to other areas, says Roberto Smeraldi, of Friends of the Earth.
"The issues at stake are greater than any decisions made in human history, " Tom Picken of Friends of the Earth International told CNN.
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