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Biofuels con could cost UK motorists an extra £2bn per year
02/02/2012
Car drivers in the UK will pay up to £2 billion more on the forecourt in 2020 if the government decides to increase the proportion of biofuels in petrol, ActionAid UK and Friends of the Earth warn today.
ActionAid disappointed at government delay on aid legislation
01/02/2012
ActionAid is disappointed that the government has decided to delay a law which would require the UK to spend at least 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) on development aid from 2013 onwards.
ActionAid gears up to provide relief for flood-hit communities in Mozambique
26/01/2012
ActionAid is responding to fierce storms which have killed 25 people and left tens of thousands homeless.
Don’t forget the flood-devastated people of Cambodia and Thailand
17/01/2012
The worst flooding for decades has affected up to seven million people in Thailand and Cambodia, and more than five months on, people are still relying on emergency relief from charities such as ActionAid.

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Christopher Egerton-Warburton, owner of Sun Biofuels, invited to see impacts of land grab
08/02/2012 18:34:19
Josie Cohen, biofuels campaignerThe residents of the 11 villages surrounding the Sun Biofuels plantation in Kisarawe, Tanzania, have today issued a formal, public invitation to Christopher Egerto ...
The Oscar Fund changes lives in Haiti
08/02/2012 15:54:37
Liz Grant, Community Fundraising ExecutiveOscar was a much-loved young person from Sussex, and after he died in December 2009, his mum, family and friends decided to do something meaningful to hon ...
Happiness is knowing the loos are finished!
08/02/2012 09:44:52
Emma ScullionThe construction of the primary school in Giriki is now nearing completion and I am making preparations for the opening with my colleagues in Uganda.My colleague Aggrey Kibet, who is ...
Community Campaigner Laura gets Colliers Wood councillors to call for tax loopholes to be closed
03/02/2012 17:42:41
James Blair, Activism Officer Laura went along to a community event in Colliers Wood to collect ‘close tax loopholes’ petition signatures and not only signed up 72 local residents, i ...

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