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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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Government clean air plan inadequate, says Friends of the Earth

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news release

17th Dec 2015

Responding to government’s plans for improving air quality in cities, published today, Friends of the Earth air pollution campaigner, Jenny Bates said: “Proposals for Clean Air Zones must include private cars and vans – we can’t continue to let people …

Healthy Air Campaign consultation response: Draft plans to improve air quality in the UK – tackling nitrogen dioxide in our towns and cities

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7th Nov 2015

Healthy Air Campaign consultation response: Draft plans to improve air quality in the UK – tackling nitrogen dioxide in our towns and cities.

VW chief and Transport Secretary to give evidence to select committee

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news release

12th Oct 2015

On Monday (12 October 2015), Paul Willis, Managing Director, Volkswagen Group UK and Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin will give evidence on Volkswagen Group emissions violations to the Transport Select Committee.

Friends of the Earth calls on Transport Secretary to come clean on VW scandal

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news release

29th Sep 2015

Friends of the Earth’s chief executive, Craig Bennett, has written to transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin to confirm whether the UK government knew of attempts by the motor industry to cheat regulators prior to the scandal surrounding VW in the US.

UK emissions probe must be “wholly independent of car companies”

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news release

24th Sep 2015

Commenting on news that the UK Government is planning its own probe into vehicle emissions, Friends of the Earth’s head of campaigns Andrew Pendleton said: “The UK government’s commitment to investigate vehicle emissions testing following the VW scandal is welcome.

Breathing it in: air quality event report

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15th Sep 2015

On Tuesday 8th September 2015 Manchester Friends of the Earth hosted an open meeting on the topic of Air Quality. Background Earlier in the year a few of our group members were involved with a Citizen Science project to monitor …

‘Breathing It In’ – air pollution in Greater Manchester

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news release

5th Sep 2015

Manchester Friends of the Earth are inviting people to an open meeting to find out more about Greater Manchester’s air pollution, the impact on our health and how air quality can be improved. (1) Air pollution levels have serious implications for …

Call for urgent action as new report reveals 9,500 deaths in London because of air pollution

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news release

15th Jul 2015

Reacting to news that London air pollution is estimated to have killed almost 9,500 people in 2010, Friends of the Earth’s London Campaigner Jenny Bates said: “It’s a scandal that thousands of people die early every year because of London’s …

Summer Budget 2015 changes to Vehicle Excise Duty

transport

10th Jul 2015

Headline: The Chancellor’s changes mean that from 2017 a new greener car will cost nearly a £1,000 more. The changes hit greener cars far harder than more polluting cars. Detail: The Budget announced changes to the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) …

Every breath you take….. A Citizen Science project measuring air quality in Manchester

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event report

9th Feb 2015

On Saturday 31st January, Manchester Friends of the Earth hosted the How Clean is My Air? workshop run by Andrew from the Network for Clean Air. The workshop helped provide 12 people with the skills to undertake a ‘citizen science’ …

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