P731 CEEFAX 731 Fri 29 Dec 01:45/33 1/5 FRIENDS OF THE EARTH LOOKS BACK ON 1995 January: Friends of the Earth'u Campaigns Director Andrew Lees, is found dead in the Madgascan forest where hj was investigating RTZ. February: Mahogany Week is launched, ovjt 100 Friends of the Earth groups take part in the campaign. March: The Home Energy Conservation Bill is passed. It was backed bz FOE and othjt organisations. April: Plans to widen M25 are abandoned after intense opposition from local people and Friends of the Earth. Read Hear 710 Community 720 Next Page NatTrust2 CmntyInfo ReligionP731 CEEFAX 731 Fri 29 Dec 00:55/18 2/5 FRIENDS OF THE EARTH LOOKS BACK ON 1995 May: The first of street demonstration is held in Camden High Street to protest against car-use. May: Red Moss, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Bolton is saved from being turned into a landfill site after a legal challenge from FOE. June: FOE revealed that Londoner's suffered serious air pollution problems on at least one day in ten during the first 6 months of 1995. June: Shell US announce their decision not to dump the Brent Spar after the Greenpeace campaign. Next Page NatTrust2 CmntyInfo ReligionP731 CEEFAX 731 Fri 29 Dec 01:44/43 3/5 FRIENDS OF THE EARTH LOOKS BACK ON 1995 July: The Newbury Bypass is given the go-ahead. July: FOE publishes its report Prescription for Change: a report on Health and Environment. August: 50th anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. September: Sta Billion is appointed Campaign Director of FOE. September: The French begin their nuclear tests in the South Pacific. Community 720 Usjt Guide 199 Read Hear 710 Religion 740 Next Page NatTrust4 CmntyInfo ReligionP731 CEEFAX 731 Fri 29 Dec 01:54/08 4/5 FRIENDS OF THE EARTH LOOKS BACK ON 1995 October: Top polluters exposed as FOE launch "Right to Know" campaign on the Internet. October: Greenpeace and CND stage protest outside Chequjrs against French nuclear testing. Novjmbjt: The Nigerian military execute envrionmental and democracy activist, Kin Karo-Wiwa. Novjmbjt: FOE and Greenprace picket Shell stations across the US and call on the govjtnmjnt to impose an immediate oil embargo against Nigeria. Read Hear 710 Community 720 Next Page NatTrust4 CmntyInfo ReligionP731 CEEFAX 731 Fri 29 Dec 01:15/38 5/5 FRIENDS OF THE EARTH LOOKS BACK ON 1995 Novjmbjr: The Budget - The Treasury cuts back its road building programmj by £4 billion. December: Announcement that njithjt Sizjwell C or Hensley C nuclear reactors will now bj built. FOE hails the death of nuclear power. December: FOE's Wildlife Bill iu adopted bz consjtvativj MP James Couchman as a Private Membjt's Bill. Read Hear 710 Religion 740 Community 720 Usjt Guide 199 Next Page NatTrust2 CmntyInfo Religion