Manchester Friends of the Earth | Archive of website content

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. See also our new releases, our media appearances and our newsletters.

YEARS

2021

CAMPAIGNS

TRANSPORT

Scrap dangerous ‘smart motorways’ (Petition – Change.org)

transport

8th Feb 2020

The BBC’s Panorama programme found that there have been twenty times more near-misses on the M25 since the introduction of so-called ‘smart motorways’.

British Heart Foundation urges Government to go further and faster with action on air pollution ~ 15 million people live in areas which exceed strict toxic air guidelines ~

transport

news release

4th Feb 2020

The Government must go further and faster with plans to tackle air pollution by seizing a unique opportunity to clean up the country’s toxic air, according to a report by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

BHF urges faster action on air pollution – Friends of the Earth reaction

transport

news release

Commenting on today’s call by the British Heart Foundation for the government to go further and faster with plans to tackle air pollution, Friends of the Earth air pollution campaigner Jenny Bates said

New UK housing ‘dominated by roads – Friends of the Earth reaction

transport

news release

21st Jan 2020

Friends of the Earth is calling on the government to do more to encourage people out of their cars following a BBC report today that says new UK housing developments are dominated by roads.

Add your name: A child’s right to clean air shouldn’t be a postcode lottery (The Air Team)

transport

16th Jan 2020

In the UK's biggest cities, air pollution is dangerously high – and it’s putting our children’s health at risk.

Government considering cut to air passenger duty – Friends of the Earth reaction

transport

news release

14th Jan 2020

Reacting to news that the government may cut air passenger duty on all domestic flights, Friends of the Earth campaigner, Jenny Bates said:

Demand clean air now (British Heart Foundation)

transport

13th Jan 2020

Each year, up to 11,000 UK heart and circulatory disease deaths are attributable to air pollution. We need your help to change this.

‘Doing buses differently’ – Manchester Friends of the Earth consultation response

transport

7th Jan 2020

Manchester Friends of the Earth supports a publicly controlled bus network because the bus system is simply not working well for people in Greater Manchester.

Campaigners deliver 11,500-strong Better Buses petition to Mayor Andy Burnham

transport

event report

4th Jan 2020

On a sunny, but chilly, Friday lunchtime (3rd January) volunteers from Manchester Friends of the Earth joined the Better Buses for Greater Manchester march to hand in the petition signed by 11,500 people supporting the proposals for bus re-regulation (franchising).

Better Buses for Greater Manchester march from Stagecoach to hand in their 11,000 strong petition to Andy Burnham

transport

news release

29th Dec 2019

Campaigners for Better Buses will lead a march from ‘stingy Stagecoach’ to Andy Burnham’s office on Friday 3rd January. A handmade bus will lead the group to hand in their petition, with a greedy bus shareholder fatcat joining them at the back

Show your support in the buses consultation!

transport

22nd Dec 2019

Add your voice to the Greater Manchester Bus Consultation.

O Where are our Buses?

transport

20th Dec 2019

On a cold Thursday lunchtime - Manchester Friends of the Earth volunteers joined a Better Buses for Greater Manchester Festive celebration at Piccadilly Bus Station to encourage people to support the GM Buses consultation.

Ask your #GE2019 Parliamentary candidates to Stand up for cycling and walking (Cycling UK)

transport

26th Nov 2019

Has your parliamentary candidate taken the pledge? Find out and let your future MP know that we must have more money for cycling and walking.

World COPD day – Greater Manchester needs clean air!

transport

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.

The transport policies needed to cut carbon emissions in the UK

transport

27th Oct 2019

Friends of the Earth have commissioned a series research papers on the transport policies that are needed to cut carbon emissions in line with the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Green number plates

transport

news release

23rd Oct 2019

Here’s what we think about green number plates for electric cars under government plans to encourage more zero-emission vehicles.

Halt damaging Arundel bypass – Friends of the Earth CEO writes to Transport Secretary

transport

news release

21st Oct 2019

Friends of the Earth chief executive, Craig Bennett has written to Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Transport, urging him to halt plans to build an Arundel bypass because of its environmental and community impacts. A consultation into the route ends this Thursday (24 October).