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World COPD day – Greater Manchester needs clean air!

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news release
19th Nov 2019

Ahead of world COPD day on Wednesday 20th November, Manchester Friends of the Earth are calling on all candidates seeking to be elected as Greater Manchester MPs to support urgent action to reduce the illegal levels of air pollution across Greater Manchester. [1]

Parents install airplane style ‘oxygen masks’ at local bus stop to highlight toxic Manchester streets

transport
news release
8th Nov 2019

A group of parents have installed airplane style ‘oxygen masks’ at their local bus stop to highlight the toxic air on UK streets. The masks drop down when air pollution reaches dangerous levels. With 83% of UK parents worried about the effect of air pollution* on their families the group are calling for urgent action to reduce air pollution, such as the inclusion of the most polluting private cars in the Clean Air Zone for Greater Manchester.

ULEZ a ‘crucial’ step in the fight for clean air

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news release
8th Apr 2019

But tougher measures and transitional support needed to help all Londoners breathe more easily. The introduction today of the first phase of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in central London has been welcomed by Friends of the Earth.

Mapped: Over 120 locations across North West breaching air pollution limits

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news release
27th Feb 2019

A data audit* by Friends of the Earth has revealed the 126 sites across the North West that have breached the annual Air Quality Objective for Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) levels, which is set to protect health. Of these sites Manchester’s …

Nearly two thousand locations across England, Wales and Northern Ireland breaching air pollution limits

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A data audit* by Friends of the Earth has revealed the 1,758 sites across the England, Wales and Northern Ireland that have breached the annual Air Quality Objective for Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) levels, which is set to protect health.

GM Clean Air Plan should include cars says parents group (Clean Air Levenshulme)

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news release
26th Feb 2019

26 February 2019 – for immediate release Commenting on the GM Clean Air Plan proposals unveiled today (1), Jen O’Brien from Clean Air Levenshulme, a local parents and residents group in one of the most polluted suburbs in Greater Manchester …

News release: Air pollution in Greater Manchester… we need urgent action from Government and GM Mayor

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Responding to Greater Manchester’s Clean Air Plan, Manchester Friends of the Earth are dismayed that Greater Manchester will not tackle illegal levels of air pollution before 2024. [1]

“World leading” air pollution plan is ‘severely lacking in detail’

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news release
14th Jan 2019

Government commits to tighter air pollution standards, but fails to set date and releases a plan severely lacking in detail on how such a target could be met.

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