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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Greater Manchester 'Do minimum' Clean Air Plan fails to address air pollution public health emergency

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Manchester Friends of the Earth are hugely disappointed that Greater Manchester is proposing a Clean Air plan that fails to address the urgency of the public health emergency caused by air pollution. More than 1,000 people are dying early in …

Manchester needs an Ultra-Low Emission Zone to tackle illegal dirty air in the City Centre region

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On Clean Air Day, Manchester Friends of the Earth is calling on Manchester and Salford City Councils to introduce an ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) within the Manchester/Salford Inner Ring Road area. (1) Despite a significant reduction in road traffic during …

Public transport in UK cities most expensive in Europe (Campaign for Better Transport)

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A new report out today (24 February) has highlighted how the UK’s largest cities – Birmingham, London and Greater Manchester – are ranked the worst in Europe for public transport affordability. The Clean Cities: Benchmarking European cities on creating the …

News release: Air pollution: our Government is failing to protect young and old alike from illegal dirty air!

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Air pollution is a public health emergency [1] and our dirty NO2 air pollution has been illegal since 2010. [2] Our illegal dirty air is: * responsible for at least 1200 premature deaths each year in Greater Manchester. [3] * …

Coroner calls for government action on air pollution targets – Friends of the Earth reaction

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A coroner’s call for the government to address his concerns over existing weak air pollution targets, following the tragic death of nine-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah after a fatal asthma attack, has been welcomed by Friends of the Earth.

Friends of the Earth welcomes breakthrough in deadlock over controversial Sefton road building plans

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Friends of the Earth has welcomed a report from Sefton Council (released 1 Dec) looking at alternatives to Highways England’s controversial A5036 Port of Liverpool Access Scheme.

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

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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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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.

Campaigners welcome plans to pedestrianise Deansgate and call on Government to relax side-road zebra crossing rules

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Manchester Friends of the Earth welcomes the plans announced by Manchester City Council to pedestrianise part of Deansgate and to create extended footways in other busy areas of Manchester, and calls on the Government to allow councils to install side-road zebra crossings without expensive Belisha beacons. [1]

A303 Stonehenge Tunnel Petition hand-in to 10 Downing Street

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Around 50,000 signatures to the Alliance’s petition [2] will be handed into 10 Downing Street on Wednesday. The petition is addressed to the Secretaries of State for Transport, and Culture, Media and Sport, asking for no further damage to be done to the archaeological landscape of the Stonehenge World Heritage Site.

HS2 gets green light – Friends of the Earth reaction

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Reacting to the government’s decision to give the go-ahead to HS2, Friends of the Earth’s campaigns director, Jamie Peters, said:

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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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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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

New UK housing 'dominated by roads – Friends of the Earth reaction

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Friends of the Earth is calling on the government to do more to encourage people out of their cars following a BBC report today that says new UK housing developments are dominated by roads.

Government considering cut to air passenger duty – Friends of the Earth reaction

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Reacting to news that the government may cut air passenger duty on all domestic flights, Friends of the Earth campaigner, Jenny Bates said:

Better Buses for Greater Manchester march from Stagecoach to hand in their 11,000 strong petition to Andy Burnham

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Campaigners for Better Buses will lead a march from ‘stingy Stagecoach’ to Andy Burnham’s office on Friday 3rd January. A handmade bus will lead the group to hand in their petition, with a greedy bus shareholder fatcat joining them at the back

World COPD day - Greater Manchester needs clean air!

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news release

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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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.

Green number plates

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Here’s what we think about green number plates for electric cars under government plans to encourage more zero-emission vehicles.

Halt damaging Arundel bypass - Friends of the Earth CEO writes to Transport Secretary

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Friends of the Earth chief executive, Craig Bennett has written to Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Transport, urging him to halt plans to build an Arundel bypass because of its environmental and community impacts. A consultation into the route ends this Thursday (24 October).

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