Manchester Friends of the Earth | Archive of website content

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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.

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Urgent Action needed to Clean Up Greater Manchester’s illegal air pollution

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news release

8th Oct 2020

Environmental campaigners and local parents are calling for more urgent and ambitious action to clean up air in Greater Manchester, as a consultation on a future Clean Air Zone is launched today (8 October).

Mapped: more than one thousand locations in England still breaching air pollution limits

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news release

29th Jul 2020

A data audit* by Friends of the Earth has revealed the 1,360 sites across England that have breached the annual Air Quality Objective for Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) levels, which are set to protect health.

British Heart Foundation urges Government to go further and faster with action on air pollution ~ 15 million people live in areas which exceed strict toxic air guidelines ~

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news release

4th Feb 2020

The Government must go further and faster with plans to tackle air pollution by seizing a unique opportunity to clean up the country’s toxic air, according to a report by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

BHF urges faster action on air pollution – Friends of the Earth reaction

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news release

Commenting on today’s call by the British Heart Foundation for the government to go further and faster with plans to tackle air pollution, Friends of the Earth air pollution campaigner Jenny Bates said

World COPD day – Greater Manchester needs clean air!

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news release

19th Nov 2019

Ahead of world COPD day on Wednesday 20th November, Manchester Friends of the Earth are calling on all candidates seeking to be elected as Greater Manchester MPs to support urgent action to reduce the illegal levels of air pollution across Greater Manchester. [1]

Parents install airplane style ‘oxygen masks’ at local bus stop to highlight toxic Manchester streets

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news release

8th Nov 2019

A group of parents have installed airplane style ‘oxygen masks’ at their local bus stop to highlight the toxic air on UK streets. The masks drop down when air pollution reaches dangerous levels. With 83% of UK parents worried about the effect of air pollution* on their families the group are calling for urgent action to reduce air pollution, such as the inclusion of the most polluting private cars in the Clean Air Zone for Greater Manchester.

ULEZ a ‘crucial’ step in the fight for clean air

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news release

8th Apr 2019

But tougher measures and transitional support needed to help all Londoners breathe more easily. The introduction today of the first phase of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in central London has been welcomed by Friends of the Earth.

Mapped: Over 120 locations across North West breaching air pollution limits

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news release

27th Feb 2019

A data audit* by Friends of the Earth has revealed the 126 sites across the North West that have breached the annual Air Quality Objective for Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) levels, which is set to protect health. Of these sites Manchester’s …

Nearly two thousand locations across England, Wales and Northern Ireland breaching air pollution limits

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news release

A data audit* by Friends of the Earth has revealed the 1,758 sites across the England, Wales and Northern Ireland that have breached the annual Air Quality Objective for Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) levels, which is set to protect health.

GM Clean Air Plan should include cars says parents group (Clean Air Levenshulme)

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news release

26th Feb 2019

26 February 2019 – for immediate release Commenting on the GM Clean Air Plan proposals unveiled today (1), Jen O’Brien from Clean Air Levenshulme, a local parents and residents group in one of the most polluted suburbs in Greater Manchester …

News release: Air pollution in Greater Manchester… we need urgent action from Government and GM Mayor

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news release

Responding to Greater Manchester’s Clean Air Plan, Manchester Friends of the Earth are dismayed that Greater Manchester will not tackle illegal levels of air pollution before 2024. [1]

“World leading” air pollution plan is ‘severely lacking in detail’

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news release

14th Jan 2019

Government commits to tighter air pollution standards, but fails to set date and releases a plan severely lacking in detail on how such a target could be met.

Revealed: The Impact of Winter Hill and Saddleworth Moor Fires on Air Quality in Greater Manchester (IPPR North)

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news release

17th Dec 2018

The devastating fires at Winter Hill and Saddleworth Moor are likely to have had a shocking impact on the air breathed by people in Greater Manchester, according to new analysis by the leading think-tank for the North of England.

Levenshulme parents air pollution investigation reveals shocking results (Levy Clean Air)

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news release

3rd Dec 2018

An investigation by a group of Levenshulme parents into air pollution across the Manchester suburb has revealed shocking levels of air pollution, either approaching or over illegal levels.

Toxic air slips under the radar of parents, despite the huge risk it poses to children’s lungs

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news release

19th Sep 2018

Survey data released today by Friends of the Earth found that only 10% of parents with a child of school age (4-16) were worried about their child breathing dirty air while on schoolgrounds, or on their way to or from …

Imagine Different: Re-designing Manchester – one parking space at a time!

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news release

18th Sep 2018

On Friday 21st September, Manchester Friends of the Earth is inviting people to join them to help redesign a car parking space in Manchester city centre into a picnic park complete with “grass”, plants, deckchairs, tea, cupcakes and sparkling conversation …

News release: Get animated about air pollution!

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news release

14th Aug 2018

Today, Tuesday 14th August, Manchester Friends of the Earth are launching a powerful animation to highlight the damage caused by air pollution in Greater Manchester. The animation, created by Hannah Langfield a Manchester-based motion designer, vividly shows the dangers of …

Yorkshire and the North East’s air pollution epidemic: nearly 300 locations breaching limits

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news release

24th Jul 2018

Data revealed by Friends of the Earth demonstrates the scale of air pollution across Yorkshire and the North East.

Manchester Mayor falls short of convincing plan to clean up air pollution

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news release

14th Jun 2018

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham commits to cleaning up buses and improving cycling infrastructure, but a charging Clean Air Zone would be the best method of reducing air pollution (as per legal requirements) in the shortest time possible

The government has today (22 May) launched its clean air strategy for consultation

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news release

22nd May 2018

Reacting to the launch of the government’s air quality strategy consultation, Oliver Hayes, clean air campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said: “Air pollution is estimated to cost the UK £20bn a year in NHS costs and days off sick, so …

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