Friends of the Earth

British

noun

Abbreviations: FoE. FOE. (functioning as singular or plural) an organization of environmentalists and conservationists whose aim is to promote the sustainable use of the earth's resources

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Friends of the Earth, a campaign group, said if all of those data centres came online, "they could consume more electricity each day than the entire country does now".

From BBC

"It was such a shock to the local community," said Gordon James, then director of Friends of the Earth in Wales.

From BBC

Haf Elgar, director of Friends of the Earth Cymru, warned it could now end up having to add Ffos-y-Fran's overburden mounds to its list of sites to monitor.

From BBC

Tony Bosworth, climate campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said the plan was "virtually the equivalent of bolting an airport the size of Gatwick onto Heathrow".

From BBC

Campaigner group Friends of the Earth told AFP such centres are "completely unsustainable".

From Barron's

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