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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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Hundreds of Trafford residents say no to fracking

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event report

20th Sep 2014

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been out and about in Trafford chatting to local residents about the dangers of fracking.

One lucky primary school could win a set of free solar panels.

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16th Sep 2014

This is a fantastic opportunity, so we’re really keen to reach as many primary schools as possible. Please get involved and nominate a school to run on sun.

How could your school save up to £8000/year with solar power?

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11th Aug 2014

Let our new infographic walk you through the numbers. Friends of the Earth calculates that schools could each save up to £8,000 per year through solar panels. This means more money to spend on facilities like playgrounds and nature gardens.

Please encourage your MP to attend fracking event in House of Commons (Weds 4th June)

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31st May 2014

Barbara Keeley MP (Worsley & Eccles South) is hosting a parliamentary meeting – ‘Fracking and impacts on public health and environment – lessons from Australia’ on Wednesday 4th June.

Ask Salford Council to break silence on fracking

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take action

17th Apr 2014

Over 3,000 local people in Salford have signed a petition opposing fracking and unconventional gas in the area. But despite strong public opinion, Salford City Council refuses to discuss the petition.

Object to IGas application for Coal Bed Methane extraction in Trafford

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take action

30th Mar 2014

The application from IGas for a renewal of their planning permission for coal bed methane extraction and production (for 25 years!) in Davyhulme is with Trafford council. The planning officer is recommending that it be approved by the Council. It has …

Should more onshore oil & gas exploration be allowed? Govt consultation (Deadline 28th March)

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19th Mar 2014

The Government is holding a consultation on the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) into the granting of new licenses for onshore oil and gas exploration. As part of the SEA it has to produce an Environmental Report and put this out …

Will you support Earth Hour on Saturday 29th March?

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16th Mar 2014

WWF’s Earth Hour is a unique annual phenomenon that focuses the world’s attention on our amazing planet, and how we need to protect it. At 8.30pm on Saturday 29th March hundreds of millions of people will turn off their lights …

Sunday 23rd February: Gig at the Rig (Barton Moss) brought to you by The Northern Gas Gala

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19th Feb 2014

Yes mate! We’re avin’ a party! A solidarity day with a difference. Join us at Barton Moss Community Protection Camp for a fun carnival of resistance. Fighting fracking Salford style.

Send a Valentine’s card to your MP this Go Green Week (People and Planet action)

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9th Feb 2014

How can we expect political parties to face up to the reality of climate change whilst accepting funding from those who profit from destroying the climate?

Switch your energy to a cleaner supplier… and help support Friends of the Earth

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30th Jan 2014

Friends of the Earth have teamed up with gold-standard green suppliers Ecotricity and Good Energy to make switching easy.

Cold Homes Week (3rd – 7th February 2014)

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28th Jan 2014

Last winter a person died every six minutes from the cold. Chilling. That’s 31,000 British deaths, many of them preventable. Thousands agree this is unacceptable, but does your MP?

Ask Cameron to say no to fracking

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13th Jan 2014

The Government is worried. Despite its strong support for fracking, local opposition just keeps on growing. Today David Cameron announced he’s going “all out for shale”, offering yet more money to councils as a sweetener to accept this dirty fossil …

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