POSTS ARCHIVE
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.
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All I want for Christmas is Clean Air – send a Christmas Card to your council leader!
Greater Manchester will soon be deciding on its Clear Air Plan and we need urgent action to reduce air pollution and help us breathe more easily. Manchester has the highest rate of hospital admissions for asthma in the country and … Continue reading
18th Dec 2018
Revealed: The Impact of Winter Hill and Saddleworth Moor Fires on Air Quality in Greater Manchester (IPPR North)
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.
17th Dec 2018
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Show your support for the Chorlton to Manchester Cycle Way!
Love Your Bike, Manchester Friends of the Earth’s cycle campaign, have launched a simple online action to encourage people to show their support for the Chorlton to Manchester Cycle Way. [1]
5th Dec 2018
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Levenshulme parents air pollution investigation reveals shocking results (Levy Clean Air)
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.
3rd Dec 2018
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Support the Chorlton Cycling and Walking Route
Manchester City Council are leading a consultation on a 5km, £13.4 million proposed cycling and walking route from Chorlton to Manchester. You can show your support with this simple email action, created by Love Your Bike.
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Time is running out to save Wales’ Amazon rainforest.
The Welsh Government wants to bulldoze through the Gwent Levels – Wales’ equivalent of the Amazon rainforest for their diversity of wildlife – to build a new 14-mile-long six-lane motorway. Gwent Wildlife Trust urgently needs your help to stop their destruction.
2nd Dec 2018
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Bike Friday: Support the Chorlton – Manchester Cycle Way!
On Friday 30th November, Love Your Bike are encouraging people to join the Chorlton Bike Friday route and show their support for the proposed Chorlton – Manchester Cycle Way.
29th Nov 2018
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Sign the petition for Better Buses in Greater Manchester
Right now, bus companies do what they like and it’s afree market wild west scenario. We need public control.
11th Nov 2018
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Special Report: How air pollution is cutting life expectancy in Manchester (Granada ITV)
Manchester has at times the dirtiest, most polluted air in Western Europe and people living in the city could have their lives shortened because of it.
12th Oct 2018
Call for sustainable transport and healthy air for the city centre!
Transport for Greater Manchester are seeking views on the development of the city centre. They are working with Manchester City Council and Salford City Council. You have until Wednesday 17th October to give your views on how you find getting … Continue reading
8th Oct 2018
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Toxic air slips under the radar of parents, despite the huge risk it poses to children’s lungs
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 … Continue reading
19th Sep 2018
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Imagine Different: Re-designing Manchester – one parking space at a time!
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 … Continue reading
18th Sep 2018
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Remove the A6-M60 Bypass from SEMMMS plans: lift the threat to our valleys and fields (Goyt Valley SOS!)
Please sign the petition, calling for the A6-M60 Bypass to be removed from Stockport Council’s SEMMMS Refresh transport strategy. The final version of SEMMMS Refresh is likely to appear soon for approval by councillors. It is yet another attempt to … Continue reading
6th Sep 2018
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Can you help the Station South Restoration and Cycle Café crowdfunder ?
We’re restoring an old railway station to its former glory and need your help to transform it into a destination cycle café, bar, co-working space and permaculture inspired garden!
29th Aug 2018
Interviews with women for PhD project on air pollution – can you help?
My name is Maria – I am a PhD student at Manchester Metropolitan University. My PhD focuses on promoting the voices of citizens when it comes to air pollution and designing future clean urban environments. Specifically, I am focusing on … Continue reading
15th Aug 2018
News release: Get animated about air pollution!
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 … Continue reading
14th Aug 2018
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Our response to DEFRA’s Clean Air Strategy consultation
DEFRA recently consulted on the Government’s draft Clean Air Strategy. Here’s an introduction to our response and why we need both national and local government to take urgent action to clean up our toxic and illegal air. Continue reading
13th Aug 2018
Yorkshire and the North East’s air pollution epidemic: nearly 300 locations breaching limits
Data revealed by Friends of the Earth demonstrates the scale of air pollution across Yorkshire and the North East.
24th Jul 2018
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Stop the destructive Arundel Bypass! (Campaign for Better Transport)
Help us protect National Parks and ancient woodland from new roads. On 11 May 2018, Highways England, the Government’s road building company, announced its preferred route for the A27 Arundel Bypass. All three options included in the public consultation were … Continue reading
22nd Jul 2018
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Get more people out of their cars and give them better public transport (Campaign for Better Transport)
Campaign for Better Transport responds to new Department for Transport (DfT) provisional road traffic estimates which show that motor vehicle traffic is still on the rise. In the year ending March 2018 car traffic increased by 0.5 per cent to … Continue reading
19th Jul 2018
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