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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Revealed: The Impact of Winter Hill and Saddleworth Moor Fires on Air Quality in Greater Manchester (IPPR North)

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news release

17th Dec 2018

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.

Chorlton Cycle Way Plans (Manchester City Council)

Show your support for the Chorlton to Manchester Cycle Way!

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news release

5th Dec 2018

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]

Levenshulme parents air pollution investigation reveals shocking results (Levy Clean Air)

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news release

3rd Dec 2018

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.

Bike Friday: Support the Chorlton – Manchester Cycle Way!

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news release

29th Nov 2018

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.

Toxic air slips under the radar of parents, despite the huge risk it poses to children’s lungs

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news release

19th Sep 2018

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 …

Imagine Different: Re-designing Manchester – one parking space at a time!

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news release

18th Sep 2018

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 …

News release: Get animated about air pollution!

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news release

14th Aug 2018

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 …

Yorkshire and the North East’s air pollution epidemic: nearly 300 locations breaching limits

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news release

24th Jul 2018

Data revealed by Friends of the Earth demonstrates the scale of air pollution across Yorkshire and the North East.

Get more people out of their cars and give them better public transport (Campaign for Better Transport)

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news release

19th Jul 2018

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 …

MPs who backed Heathrow expansion will be harshly judged by history, says Friends of the Earth

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news release

26th Jun 2018

Third runway will intensify climate misery

Manchester Mayor falls short of convincing plan to clean up air pollution

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news release

14th Jun 2018

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham commits to cleaning up buses and improving cycling infrastructure, but a charging Clean Air Zone would be the best method of reducing air pollution (as per legal requirements) in the shortest time possible

Cabinet backs Heathrow third runway – Friends of the Earth reaction

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news release

5th Jun 2018

Heathrow expansion would be bad news for our climate and will bring more noise, air pollution and misery to local residents.

The government has today (22 May) launched its clean air strategy for consultation

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news release

22nd May 2018

Reacting to the launch of the government’s air quality strategy consultation, Oliver Hayes, clean air campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said: “Air pollution is estimated to cost the UK £20bn a year in NHS costs and days off sick, so …

UK to appear in EU court over failure to clean up dirty air

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news release

17th May 2018

The European Commission announced today that the UK government is among the countries which will face the EU courts over continued failures to meet Nitrogen Dioxide standards set by the EU.

Government approves four lane road tunnel under the River Thames

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news release

10th May 2018

Friends of the Earth, reacts to the Government’s approval of a new four lane road tunnel under the Thames between Greenwich and Newham

New report finds local transport is the main contributor to air pollution (Campaign for Better Transport)

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Serious and urgent measures need to be taken by national Government and local Authorities to reduce local transport emissions to help improve air pollution, a new report has found. The report, Air pollution and transport: Time to clear the air? …

Close to 50 UK towns and cities fail to meet WHO standards for air pollution

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news release

1st May 2018

Air pollution data revealed today shows that 49 UK towns and cities are at or over World Health Organisation (WHO) standards for fine particle air pollution (PM2.5) – with the expanded database uncovering new examples of dangerously polluted air across …

Cycle campaigners call on Greater Manchester to “Vote for Cycling!”

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news release

25th Apr 2018

On Friday 27th April, Manchester Friends of the Earth will be encouraging people across Greater Manchester to ‘Vote for Cycling’ when casting their vote in the local elections.

Royally polluted: air around rural royal residences breaching pollution limits

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news release

10th Apr 2018

Data revealed by Friends of the Earth shows that escaping to the country does not necessarily mean an escape to clean air. Friends of the Earth has investigated the pollution levels of the air breathed by the royals at their …

Government burns taxpayers money losing dirty air court cases

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news release

5th Apr 2018

A freedom of information release obtained by Labour reveals that the Government has spent £500,000 losing clean air court cases.

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