Manchester Friends of the Earth (MFoE) - campaigning for a safe and healthy planet for everyone, now and in the future.
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Watch our animation which vividly shows the dangers of air pollution to people - young and old - and ways we can help improve the air we breathe manchesterfoe.org.uk/healthy… #CleanAirEverywhere #HealthyAir
The fight to stop new oil and gas is heating up. And it’s a fight we can’t afford to lose.
Ask your MP to say no to new oil and gas.
That means no to Rosebank and a full, permanent ban on fracking
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action.friendsoftheearth.uk/…
Ask @andyburnham to give the green light for side street crossings
Side street crossings are a really quick & simple way for councils to give priority to people walking & to make crossing roads in our local neighbourhoods safer for everyone
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actionnetwork.org/letters/as…
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The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is changing. What does it mean for your community?
Join our free webinar next week to explore the key changes and what they could mean for transport, new development, local communities and the environment actionnetwork.org/events/the…
ALT Custom House station with housing on the left
Live in Kirklees?
Join Huddersfield Friends of the Earth & Huddersfield Greenpeace for a peaceful demonstration to call on councillors across Kirklees to safeguard the Climate Emergency declaration
Huddersfield Town Hall, 4.30 - 5.30pm, Weds 21 Oct
actionnetwork.org/events/sav…
Stop Big Chicken Choking our Rivers
Stop expanding Big Chicken
Protect our rivers from pollution
Make Big Chicken manage its muck
Support farmers, not factory farming
Sign petition to Angela Eagle Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio…
Carspreading.
Cars have been getting bigger for years. Longer, wider, taller – making streets more dangerous and especially for kids.
Join the movement to stop bigger cars from taking over our streets
cleancitiescampaign.org/join…
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Factcheck: Why expensive gas – not net-zero – is keeping UK electricity prices so high | @DrSimEvans @MollyLempriere #CBarchive
Read here: buff.ly/DWsC3sZ
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The Budget is a chance to make aviation pay its fair share. Flying is the most carbon-intensive form of travel, yet aviation fuel remains tax-free. We're calling for a kerosene tax, a frequent flyer levy & higher APD on private jets to fund better local transport & cut emissions.
ALT Billboard advocating reform of aviation taxes to make higher contributors pay more, listing ending tax-free fuel, frequent flyer levy, and higher private jet passenger charges.
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10 trade unions: Reject new North Sea oil, Burnham
independent.co.uk/news/busin…
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Community Organiser at Friends of the Earth Manchester
Work with local communities, activists & local action groups to build power, develop leadership & support community-led campaigns that achieve local change
Closes 19 October: ow.ly/lVjP50ZYn1W
@foemcr #ManchesterJobs
ALT Friends of the Earth Manchester logo
Live in Kirklees?
Join Huddersfield Friends of the Earth & Huddersfield Greenpeace for a peaceful demonstration to call on councillors across Kirklees to safeguard the Climate Emergency declaration
Huddersfield Town Hall, 4.30 - 5.30pm, Weds 21 Oct
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actionnetwork.org/events/sav…
People are being told to prepare for "the unthinkable" as flood response teams warn of a heightened risk over the autumn
One in seven properties in Wales is classed as being at risk of flooding
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm4g…
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On day 2 of the global #ISDSDaysOfAction we gathered in Hyde, seat of Jonathan Reynolds, MP & Trade Secretary, to demand he act now to end dangerous corporate courts and the threat they pose to democracy, climate action, and our collective future! #StopISDS
Join us to rally against ISDS – Secret Corporate Courts (12.30pm, Fri 16 Oct)
We’re bringing our message straight to the doorstep of Jonathan Reynolds MP.
As Secretary of State for Business & Trade, he’s the man with the power to take action on ISDS
manchesterfoe.org.uk/events/……
Join us to rally against ISDS – Secret Corporate Courts (12.30pm, Fri 16 Oct)
We’re bringing our message straight to the doorstep of Jonathan Reynolds MP.
As Secretary of State for Business & Trade, he’s the man with the power to take action on ISDS
manchesterfoe.org.uk/events/…
ISDS Day of Action - Stop Corporate Courts - some more photos flickr.com/photos/manchester…
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Air quality linked to more than 200,000 children’s hospital visits
More than 200,000 children attended A&E or were admitted to hospital with breathing difficulties in 11 major English cities in 2025, according to figures obtained by Mums for Lungs.
airqualitynews.com/health/73…
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Day 2 of the #ISDSDaysOfAction and we’re going strong!
People globally are speaking up and speaking out against corporate courts.
Revisit our video on the ISDS case brought against the UK for taking climate action - and the activists fighting back.
youtube.com/watch?v=B15QfcpR…
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In every community. Across the country.
This is how we turn the tide.
Join us at Organise Together.
👉 Manchester: 17 Oct
👉 London: 24 Oct
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An old pic. from a couple of years ago in Manchester - sadly still deployable now. A luta continua! #StopISDS #ISDSDaysofAction
