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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CLIMATE

Ask the Energy Secretary to stop fracking

climate

9th Dec 2017

There’s still time to stop fracking going ahead at Preston New Road in Lancashire and Kirby Misperton in Yorkshire.

Sign our urgent letter to bring back onshore wind (10:10)

climate

2nd Dec 2017

Climate minister Claire Perry just told parliament that the government might throw onshore wind a lifeline. Shut off from government support, onshore wind has come to a halt across the UK. Now there could be a chance to bring it …

Keep Cuadrilla out of Balcombe

climate

28th Nov 2017

Fracking company Cuadrilla’s application to test the oil flow at their site in Balcombe, West Sussex is out for public consultation. The villagers want the council to know that many people oppose the plans.

Tell Greater Manchester Pension Fund that it’s (well past) time to start divesting !

climate

13th Nov 2017

The Greater Manchester Pension Fund is consulting on its Investment Strategy Statement. The closing date for responses is Sunday 19 November. There’s more detail below, but our key message is that engagement with fossil fuel companies doesn’t work, and that …

Fuelling the Fire: Email your Councillor

climate

9th Nov 2017

Local councils across the UK are investing £16 billion in the fossil fuel industry. That’s £16 billion of public money #fuellingthefire of the climate crisis, and propping up the fossil fuel companies responsible.

Save Ryedale’s bats #DontFrackOurBats

climate

14th Sep 2017

Protected bat species have been identified right next to a fracking site in Ryedale, Yorkshire. Ecologists have recommended that work must not go ahead at the site until a full investigation has been carried out. But fracking company Third Energy plans …

Ask Greg Clark to refuse fracking permission in Lancashire

climate

17th Aug 2017

It’s happened. The fracking company Cuadrilla has started drilling in Lancashire.

Name The Larsen C Iceberg #ExxonKnew (350.org)

climate

22nd Jun 2017

50 years after learning the truth about climate change, Exxon’s climate denial is having increasingly devastating consequences. An iceberg twice the size of Samoa is about to calve off and collapse into the ocean in one of the most dramatic …

Stop Cuadrilla from breaking the rules on fracking

climate

20th Mar 2017

Fracking company Cuadrilla are itching to get drilling in Lancashire. They’ve already started work on site. All against the wishes of local people. What makes this even worse is that they haven’t carried out all the water testing they are …

Switch to Good Energy – raise money for Friends of the Earth!

climate

12th Mar 2017

Every time someone switches to Good Energy and quotes “FOE fracking”, our friends there will donate £60 to Friends of the Earth, which we will use to support our campaign to stop fracking. Every switch helps us continue our work …

Stop the attack on the UK solar industry

climate

18th Feb 2017

Recent government cuts to the solar industry have already triggered an estimated 12,000 job losses. But now it’s been revealed the government could allow a huge new tax hike to be inflicted on the industry, one that could leave businesses …

Tell the government to end coal now

climate

6th Feb 2017

The government’s consultation on the future of coal power closes at 5pm this Wednesday. Do you have a couple of minutes before then to help end this polluting, out-dated form of energy generation?

European Fossil Fuel Subsidies Awards – nominations are open

climate

2nd Feb 2017

Subsidising fossil fuels stands in the way of climate action across Europe while threatening our health, environment and economies. Expose the financial support for dirty energy in your country by nominating a fossil fuel subsidy for the first ever European …

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