Ever keen to give voice to the rent-seeking interest, the Guardian is reporting that Friends of the Earth are worried that the UK might leave the European Union.
The UK's membership of the European Union has rocketed up the political agenda in recent weeks, but if Lord Lawson and Nigel Farage get their way, a go-it-alone Britain would be far from green and pleasant.
An analysis for Friends of the Earth, published today by the EU policy expert Dr Charlotte Burns from the University of York, provides a damning critique of UK environmental performance over decades, and highlights the huge risks of EU withdrawal.
That would be the risk of Friends of the Earth suffering a loss of funding from the EU I suppose.