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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Greater Manchester 'Do minimum' Clean Air Plan fails to address air pollution public health emergency

transport

news release

Manchester Friends of the Earth are hugely disappointed that Greater Manchester is proposing a Clean Air plan that fails to address the urgency of the public health emergency caused by air pollution. More than 1,000 people are dying early in …

Manchester needs an Ultra-Low Emission Zone to tackle illegal dirty air in the City Centre region

transport

news release

On Clean Air Day, Manchester Friends of the Earth is calling on Manchester and Salford City Councils to introduce an ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) within the Manchester/Salford Inner Ring Road area. (1) Despite a significant reduction in road traffic during …

Public transport in UK cities most expensive in Europe (Campaign for Better Transport)

transport

news release

A new report out today (24 February) has highlighted how the UK’s largest cities – Birmingham, London and Greater Manchester – are ranked the worst in Europe for public transport affordability. The Clean Cities: Benchmarking European cities on creating the …

News release: Air pollution: our Government is failing to protect young and old alike from illegal dirty air!

transport

news release

Air pollution is a public health emergency [1] and our dirty NO2 air pollution has been illegal since 2010. [2] Our illegal dirty air is: * responsible for at least 1200 premature deaths each year in Greater Manchester. [3] * …

Greater Manchester 'Do minimum' Clean Air Plan fails to address air pollution public health emergency

Manchester needs an Ultra-Low Emission Zone to tackle illegal dirty air in the City Centre region

Public transport in UK cities most expensive in Europe (Campaign for Better Transport)

News release: Air pollution: our Government is failing to protect young and old alike from illegal dirty air!

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