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Climate: Rishi Sunak unveils government’s energy security plans – Friends of the Earth reaction


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Reacting to the Prime Minister’s announcement today for hundreds of new oil and gas licenses in the North Sea, alongside investment in carbon capture and storage, Friends of the Earth’s head of policy, Mike Childs, said: “Rishi Sunak’s energy security drive …

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Tug of War Fossil fuel pension protest in Rochdale (Fossil Free Greater Manchester)


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Unison members, a Church of England vicar and local campaigners joined Fossil Free Greater Manchester in Rochdale today. Lobbying outside a meeting of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, they illustrated their point with a tug of war. Greater Manchester Pension …

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Fossil fuel pension protest in Rochdale (Fossil Free Greater Manchster news release)


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Unison members and other campaigners are in Rochdale today outside a meeting of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. They want the Mayor and Council Leaders to call on their Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) to get rid of its climate-damaging investments in …

Centrica and Shell announce interim profit results


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Centrica, the owner of the UK’s biggest energy supplier British Gas, has today published its first-half results in which profits at its retail arm soared to £969m compared to £98m last year. Responding to the news, Emi Murphy, warm homes campaigner …

MANCHESTER: New analysis finds areas with fewer trees and green spaces in city are over 3 degrees warmer during UK’s hottest days


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A year after the UK broke national heat records and reached a new all-time temperature high, a striking new heat map of Manchester reveals the huge benefits of trees and green spaces in helping to cool urban areas. The innovative …

Climate: new mapping shows cooling effect of trees and green spaces during UK's hottest day


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Friends of the Earth press releaseEmbargoed until: 00:01 on Wednesday 19 July 2023 MAPPING: New analysis finds areas with fewer trees and green spaces are up to five degrees warmer during UK’s hottest days A year after the UK broke …

Government faces fresh legal challenge over ‘unlawful’ climate plans


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Three organisations are taking the government to court for the second time in under two years over its feeble and inadequate strategy for tackling climate change. Friends of the Earth, ClientEarth and Good Law Project say the government’s revised net …

Climate Change Committee’s annual report to parliament – Friends of the Earth reaction


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Commenting on the Climate Change Committee’s annual report to parliament, Mike Childs, head of policy at Friends of the Earth, said: “Today’s progress report is a damning assessment of the government’s new carbon reduction strategy. Its own advisors say there are …

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Campaigners challenge Government to up their solar ambition


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Analysis of data from the MCS Data Dashboard highlights the percentage of households in each Greater Manchester local authority that has installed solar PV systems. [1] Tameside had the highest percentage of households with Solar PV installations (4.65%) with Trafford …

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Supreme court rejects appeal application over Mozambique gas project


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Friends of the Earth has expressed disappointment after the Supreme Court rejected the environmental campaign group’s application to appeal its case against a government decision to help fund a huge gas development project in Mozambique. It comes after the Court of …

Share offer launched to fund largest community-owned solar array in Greater Manchester  (Greater Manchester Community Renewables)


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Local community enterprise Greater Manchester Community Renewables (GMCR) has launched a share offer to fund the largest community-owned solar array in Greater Manchester. The solar array at Wellington School in Timperley will cover the school roofs with 946 solar panels …

Supreme Court to hear landmark climate legal challenge


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A landmark legal challenge that could have major repercussions for new fossil fuel developments in the UK will be heard today by the Supreme Court in London. The legal case, brought by former Surrey resident Sarah Finch on behalf of …

Ministers set to remove ban on new coal mines from Energy Bill – Friends of the Earth reaction


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Reacting to the news that the government is reportedly planning to remove a ban on new coal mines from the Energy Bill currently passing through parliament, which was approved as an amendment by the House of Lords in April, Friends of the Earth …

Labour strong on climate rhetoric but clarity needed on fossil fuel phase out and green investment – Friends of the Earth  


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Responding to Labour’s green energy plans, announced by Sir Keir Starmer in Scotland today, Mike Childs, head of science, policy and research at Friends of the Earth, said: “Labour’s rhetoric on climate change is strong and it is right to focus on …

Labour’s plans for local clean energy projects must be matched with ambitious investment in green growth – Friends of the Earth


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Responding to Labour’s green energy plans, due to be announced by Sir Kier Starmer in Scotland tomorrow, Mike Childs, head of science, policy and research at Friends of the Earth, said:  “With plans for communities to benefit from local clean power …

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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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 …

Leading barrister raises serious concerns about the government’s latest attempt to restrict the right to protest


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A leading human rights barrister has said that changes to public order legislation due to be voted on in the House of Lords next week (Tuesday 13 June) could give police “a far wider, nearing total discretion” as to which protests are …

GMB energy speech – Friends of the Earth reaction


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Responding to the GMB General Secretary’s speech on energy to the union’s annual conference today, Friends of the Earth’s head of climate Jamie Peters said: “Ending new gas, oil and coal developments is a no brainer and should be a …

Renewables and efficiency key to fixing UK's broken energy system, not new North Sea oil and gas, say leading civil society organisations


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Leading environmental and social justice organisations, with members spanning tens of millions of supporters across the UK, are warning that opening new oil and gas fields will lock the UK into higher energy bills for longer, won’t improve the UK’s …

October date for Cumbria coal mine legal challenge


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South Lakes Action on Climate Change and Friends of the Earth press release Two legal challenges to the government’s decision to grant planning permission for a controversial new coal mine in West Cumbria will be heard 24-26 October, the High …

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