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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Bus services outside London plummet – new research (reissued)

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news release

Friends of the Earth press release: Reissued with updated data* Regional data is available here. Bus services outside of London have seen a staggering decline over the past 15 years, with provision plummeting by more than 60% in 80 local authority …

Keep buses moving (Campaign for Better Transport)

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Buses are brilliant – let’s keep them moving! Bus lanes work! They make journeys quicker and more reliable, which encourages more people to choose the bus… and that’s good news for all road users. Buses are vital for connecting people, …

Landmark legal challenge to stop 17-year long air quality failure gets underway.

transport

news release

Lawyers, environmental justice groups and Northern Ireland’s children’s rights watchdog are in court today, attempting to stop a dangerous 17-year long air quality failing. Hundreds of thousands of diesel cars in Northern Ireland have never received a legally compliant exhaust …

Tell your MP: save our clean air laws (Client Earth)

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Against the advice of its own environmental watchdog, the UK government is planning to weaken its clean air laws through the Retained EU Law Act 2023. Because of this we only have a very short window of time to ask ministers …

New air quality results reveal high pollution in Levenshulme as parents call for action on Clean Air Day (Clean Air Levenshulme and Manchester Friends of the Earth press release)

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news release

An investigation by a group of Levenshulme parents and Manchester Friends of the Earth into air quality in the Manchester suburb has revealed alarmingly high levels of air pollution. If air pollution levels were as bad all year as they …

Ask your Council for on-street cycle storage!

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Read on to find out how to get secure cycle storage on your street.

12 years (and counting) - Government still failing to tackle illegal toxic air in Greater Manchester

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news release

On the first anniversary of the Greater Manchester Clean Air Plan being ‘paused’, Manchester Friends of the Earth have slammed the Government’s continuing failure to prevent people in Greater Manchester from having to breathe illegal toxic air. Since 2010, the …

Bus services outside London plummet – new research (reissued)

Keep buses moving (Campaign for Better Transport)

Landmark legal challenge to stop 17-year long air quality failure gets underway.

Tell your MP: save our clean air laws (Client Earth)

New air quality results reveal high pollution in Levenshulme as parents call for action on Clean Air Day (Clean Air Levenshulme and Manchester Friends of the Earth press release)

Ask your Council for on-street cycle storage!

12 years (and counting) - Government still failing to tackle illegal toxic air in Greater Manchester

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