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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Youth Strike 4 Climate Manchester news release: THOUSANDS STRIKING IN MANCHESTER: Demonstrators from all over Greater Manchester joined the #GlobalClimateStrike last Friday!
For what was the largest climate mobilisation in history, millions of people took to the streets to protest. The youth called on everyone, not just the young people, to join them on the 20th of September in demonstrations ahead of the UN Climate Action Summit. Continue reading
23rd Sep 2019
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UK government must ‘raise its game’ on climate action at UN summit
The UK government must urgently ramp up its climate action says Friends of the Earth ahead of the UN Climate Summit which begins on Monday (23 September). Continue reading
20th Sep 2019
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The time is now – why everyone should strike for the climate
Friends of the Earth is calling on people across the country to follow the lead of young people and join what is set to be the largest ever global strike for the climate tomorrow (20 September). Continue reading
19th Sep 2019
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See you at the Climate Strike !
On Friday 20th September, Manchester Friends of the Earth are supporting the global climate strike and will be joining the Youth Climate Strike MCR event in St Peter’s Square, Manchester between 10am and 4pm. Continue reading
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Youth Strike 4 Climate Manchester news release: The Ecological Crisis is Imminent; Youth are Leading the Fight.
On Friday the 20th of September, people of all ages from all over Greater Manchester will be joining the global #ClimateStrike, happening in St Peter’s Square, to demand the government take urgent action towards this ecological crisis. Continue reading
18th Sep 2019
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Time to support the Climate Strike on Friday 20th September
Young people have been leading the fight against the climate crisis – striking from school to demand the government takes urgent climate action Continue reading
12th Sep 2019
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Plane pollution: should airlines do more to inform flyers?
Friends of the Earth is calling for all airlines to make a flight’s carbon pollution public before a customer books so that an informed choice about how to travel can be made. People overwhelmingly agree with this, as new polling shows. Continue reading
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Greenwashing Team Ineos arrives in Greater Manchester on Stage 8 of the Tour of Britain as Friends of the Earth calls for ban on fracking
“Cycling fans have shown time and time again how passionate they are about the environment and fighting climate breakdown. Ineos goes completely against this.” Ali Abbas, campaigner at Manchester Friends of the Earth. Continue reading
11th Sep 2019
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Friends of the Earth reacts to NFU’s Achieving Net Zero report
“It seems the NFU is still not prepared to contemplate significant land use change in Britain” Continue reading
10th Sep 2019
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‘Devil-masked’ campaigners to protest Ineos sponsorship of cycling team during Stage 8 of Tour of Britain.
On Saturday 14th September local group Frack Free Greater Manchester will combine with national and international campaigners to protest sponsorship of the UK based cycling team by Ineos a major UK fracking and chemical engineering company and Europe’s biggest producer of virgin plastics. Continue reading
5th Sep 2019
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Spending Review undermines government green credentials, says Friends of the Earth
Review falls far short of £42 billion needed every year to tackle Planetary emergency. Continue reading
4th Sep 2019
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Friends of the Earth forced to withdraw from Cuadrilla injunction challenge after being priced out of court
Friends of the Earth has been forced to withdraw from a legal challenge to a wide-ranging injunction against protests at a Lancashire fracking site, after a legal ruling left the organisation potentially liable for the fracking firm’s full legal costs for opposing the case. Continue reading
1st Sep 2019
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“Invest in our futures GMPF” say young protestors (Rising Up! Manchester Families)
Young protestors from Rising Up! Manchester Families are the latest group to head to Droylsden to call on Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) to divest £2billion from fossil fuels within two years and to invest in local climate solutions instead. Continue reading
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Another day, another earthquake in Lancashire – clearly a ban is only way out: Friends of the Earth
This morning an earthquake measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale was recorded in Lancashire. Continue reading
26th Aug 2019
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Climate diplomacy could help put out Amazon fires
Devastation wrought by a record number of wildfires in Brazil’s Amazon region has prompted widespread condemnation of President Jair Bolsonaro’s environmental policies, amidst weakened regulations and the worsening climate crisis. Continue reading
23rd Aug 2019
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Cuadrilla breaks earthquake safety regulations within 6 days, Friends of the Earth says clearly time for climate-wrecking industry to be banned
An earthquake measuring 1.6 on the Richter scale has led to Cuadrilla halting fracking operations in Lancashire, less than a week after resuming. Earthquake regulations are in place to protect the safety of local communities. Continue reading
22nd Aug 2019
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As fracking resumes, Friends of the Earth calls for ban
Cuadrilla has restarted its fracking activity in Lancashire today despite the escalating climate crisis and the fact that drilling operations have led to earthquakes. Continue reading
15th Aug 2019
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UN conference brings climate scrutiny to UK
Claire Perry MP has announced today that Glasgow will host the UN international climate conference – Conference of the Parties (COP26) – in late 2020, assuming that the UK is confirmed as host country. Continue reading
9th Aug 2019
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Friends of the Earth issues warning on land abuse following IPCC report on climate change
As the IPCC releases a special report (8th August 2019) on land usage and climate change, Friends of the Earth is calling for land to be put to better use in the fight against climate breakdown. The environmental group is calling for measures including doubling tree cover and moving away from intensive farming methods that devour land and are responsible for huge amounts of climate-wrecking emissions. Continue reading
8th Aug 2019
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July 2019 warmest month on record: Friends of the Earth calls on politicians to take action on further climate breakdown
“Extreme heat like this costs lives, and we’re at risk of what is currently defined as extreme becoming the new normal” Continue reading
5th Aug 2019
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