Manchester Friends of the Earth | Archive of website content

POSTS ARCHIVE

Our website contains a variety of items dating back to 2001. You can use this archive to explore by year, campaign theme, specific campaign, and category. See also our new releases, our media appearances and our newsletters.

YEARS

2022

CAMPAIGNS

Everyone deserves a warm home: demand action today

climate

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Britain faces a crisis this winter. As energy prices rise even higher, it’s estimated a staggering 1 in 3 households will be in fuel poverty. Meaning millions will be left to make impossible choices between heating and eating. Impacts of …

Public Order Bill and Bill of Rights

justice

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July 2022 Just two months since the Police Bill was passed, the government has launched a new attack on our protest rights and civil liberties with a wholesale repeal of the Human Rights Act, and the introduction of the Public …

Join us Going Car Free from 1st - 31st July 2022. (Possible)

transport

Calling out around the UK, are you ready for a brand new challenge? Summer’s here and the time is right for Going Car Free – a month of climate-friendly travel. Could you swap your daily commute or school run from …

Tell your MP that you back the frequent flyer levy (Possible)

climate

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Flying is a serious climate problem, and there’s no technological solution that can scale up fast enough. The fairest and most popular way to cut emissions from air travel is to bring in a new way of taxing flights where the more …

Kinder Trespass 90th Anniversary Walk

On April 24th 1932, Manchester activist Benny Rothman led a group of over 400 ramblers onto Kinder Scout, the highest terrain in the Peak District. Find out more and get involved in anniversary activities.

Environment Act Targets need to lift their game- have your say

nature

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“Nature is in decline worldwide, with this decline projected to continue or worsen. We need to take urgent action to halt biodiversity loss to meet our commitment to leave the environment in a better state than we inherited it. Our future …

Stand with Wadas

justice

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On Tuesday 8 February 2022, 250 police officers and military personnel infiltrated the village of Wadas, located in Bener District in the southern part of Central Java, Indonesia. The officers arrived without warning, armed with shields, weapons and police dogs, claiming that …

Demand the Government tighten targets to reduce plastic pollution

resources

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Plastic is choking the natural world. Rivers are poisoned with sewage and the air we breathe is filthy. From hedgehogs to hedgerows, nature in the UK is suffering. But instead of protecting nature, the UK government has announced a dangerously weak set …

Ask your MP to protect the right to noisy protest

justice

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The government’s policing bill threatens our fundamental right to protest by introducing draconian new police powers to decide where, when and how citizens are allowed to protest. It makes it easier for the police to prosecute peaceful protesters. And it introduces …

Tell the government: No new coal, oil or gas projects (Friends of the Earth)

climate

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Fossil fuel companies are planning to launch over 30 new coal, oil and gas extraction projects in the UK. During a climate crisis, they’d add even more fuel to the fire. The science is clear: to avoid climate breakdown, there …

Tell your MP to oppose hostile measures in the policing bill

justice

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The government’s policing bill threatens our fundamental right to protest by introducing draconian new police powers to decide where, when and how citizens are allowed to protest. It could also result in longer prison sentences for organisers of protests, and fines …

End Sewage Pollution Now - how did the Greater Manchester MP's vote? Write to them now!

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Last week the government had the opportunity with the Environment Bill to put it beyond all doubt that water companies have to act to stop pumping raw sewage into rivers and the ocean. Instead the Government decided to recommend their …

Fight for Clean Air in Greater Manchester

transport

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We’re working with the British Lung Foundation to call for action on clean air in Greater Manchester. Take our simple online action: send a letter to Andy Burnham.

Call on the Government to introduce an "all-in" Deposit Return Scheme (Consultation Closed)

resources

The Government is consulting on its plans to introduce a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in England. We've prepared an online action for you to respond to the consultation.

Save Hough End fields

nature

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Manchester City Council has unveiled plans to build over large areas of Hough End playing fields - send in your objection today!

Add your name to defend the right to protest

justice

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The government has published a new Policing Bill that threatens the fundamental rights of citizens and communities to have their voices heard by the powerful.

Ask the government to keep its promise to stop funding dirty projects overseas

climate

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Last year the UK government promised to stop funding polluting oil and gas projects abroad. It was a ground-breaking victory, thanks to action from people like you

Ask your MP to vote for a world leading environment law

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Right now, the government is rewriting the rules that protect people and planet in a new Environment Bill. And your MP has the power to make it as world leading as the Climate Change Act.

Ask your MP to demand a say on future trade deals

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The government wants to make trade deals which could undermine UK food standards, multiply our carbon and ecological footprint, and trash our environment.

Tell the UK government to scrap plans for Heathrow expansion

climate

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Our historic legal victory against the government’s decision to support expansion at Heathrow airport has been overturned by the Supreme Court, allowing this climate-wrecking project to proceed to the next stage.

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