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Votes for the Environment: Results of Survey of Greater Manchester Election Candidates

Clean British Energy: Make the UK energy independent and earn yourself a CBE

Safer Cycling and Walking: Lobby Your Greater Manchester MP Now

How can your vote affect the environment? Ask your local candidates to take our survey.

Who is profiting at the planet’s expense?

Solar campaign hots up

John Leech MP backs campaign to save support for solar

Last Chance to Push Europe Before Durban!

Beating big chill without a big bill

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The report on the results of our survey of local election candidates in Greater Manchester is now available. As more responses to the survey come in, we will be releasing a revised report early in the week beginning 30th April. … Continue reading →

The Government will announce a new Bill that will reform the energy market in the Queen’s speech on 9 May. Recent research revealed that 85% of us want the Big Six energy companies to develop clean British power from our … Continue reading →

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Please help John Leech MP make his Road Safety Bill law by asking your MP to support him on the 27th April, when a second reading of the bill will be heard in Parliament. We have prepared a simple email … Continue reading →

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(STOP PRESS: Interim results available) In the run up to the local elections in Greater Manchester, we’re asking candidates about their policies on climate change, food, waste and sustainable transport. The results will be made available on this website, so … Continue reading →

Help us root out the worst offenders for trashing the planet. Making everything we buy and use is putting the earth’s life-support systems under dangerous strain. That’s why we’re campaigning for all companies to start counting the cost and reduce the impacts their … Continue reading →

The campaign to save the solar feed-in tariff is really starting to hot up. With support for solar energy slashed by more than half from Monday 12 December, the pressure has been mounting on the Government to reconsider its plans.

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On Friday 18 November, representatives from local community groups and businesses met Manchester Withington MP John Leech to ask him to back Friends of the Earth’s campaign for an urgent re-think of the Government’s proposal to slash support for solar … Continue reading →

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The EU unexpectedly are set to debate a new 30% target in CO2 emissions on Tuesday 16th November – take action now and urge the UK to accept this new target! Continue reading →

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Shorter days and frosty nights – the British winter will soon be upon us, and if the mere thought of the coming icy months makes you shudder, then you’ll probably be turning up the heating faster than Usain Bolt running … Continue reading →

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17 Events on May 17, 2012 MFoE Food campaign meeting Starts: 18:30 Location: Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE Description: Interested in food? Interested in campaigning against food waste? Come along to our monthly meetings to hear the latest on our food campaign and get involved in reducing food waste across Greater Manchester. The main things we are currently working on are: planning a Feeding the 5000 event in Manchester to be held later this year - see http://www.feeding5k.org continuing with our taste before beauty campaign - see http://www.manchesterfoe.org.uk/tastebeforebeauty Food campaign meetings will now be held on the third Thursday of the month. When: 6.30pm - 8.30pm, Thursday 19 April Where: Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE Contact Safia: safia@manchesterfoe.org.uk More details

18 Events on May 18, 2012 UK Green Film Festival: Happy Starts: 18:30 Location: Apollo Cinema, Denmark Street, Altrincham, WA14 2WG Description: The latest award-winning film from Academy Award® nominated director Roko Belic, takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy. Combining real life stories of people from around the world and powerful interviews with the leading scientists in happiness research, Happy explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion: http://www.thehappymovie.com More details

19 Events on May 19, 2012 UK Green Film Festival: The City Dark Starts: 12:00 Location: Apollo Cinema, Denmark Street, Altrincham, WA14 2WG Description: The City Dark is a feature documentary about the loss of night. After moving to NYC from rural Maine, filmmaker Ian Cheney asks a simple question – do we need the stars? – taking him from Brooklyn to Mauna Kea, Paris, and beyond. Exploring the threat of killer asteroids in Hawaii, tracking hatching turtles along the Florida coast, and rescuing injured birds on Chicago streets, Cheney unravels the myriad implications of a globe glittering with lights – including increased breast cancer rates from exposure to light at night, and a generation of kids without a glimpse of the universe above. Featuring stunning astrophotography and a cast of eclectic scientists, The City Dark is the definitive story of light pollution and the disappearing stars: http://www.thecitydark.com More details

20 Events on May 20, 2012 UK Green Film Festival: Taste the Waste Starts: 20:00 Location: Apollo Cinema, Denmark Street, Altrincham, WA14 2WG Description: Amazing but true: on the way from the farm to the dining-room table, more than half the food lands in the dump – most of it before it ever reaches consumers. Taste the Waste is a documentary about the worldwide destruction of food. Why do we throw away so much? And how can we stop this kind of waste? http://www.tastethewaste.com More details

25 Events on May 25, 2012 Bike Friday Starts: 08:00 Location: Levenshulme, Prestwich, Stretford, Chorlton, Worsley and Withington, to Manchester Description: campaign:transport Every last Friday of the month, join the communal cycle ride into Manchester. For more information contact graeme@manchesterfoe.org.uk or cat@manchesterfoe.org.uk More details

31 Events on May 31, 2012 MFoE Transport Campaign Meeting Starts: 18:30 Location: Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE Description: There's a lot going on at the moment, and plenty to get stuck into. Amongst other things, we'll be discussing: - The launch of the cycling manifesto, and onward plans on using it as a lobbying tool - Bike Fabulous, our cycle style show in Manchester Arndale - Bike Friday - The spokes project, looking at core cycle routes in Greater Manchester Hope to see you there. But if you can't make it and would like to get involved, just let me know. Feel free to get in touch if you'd like to know more about what we're doing, or just turn up and find out. Graeme. Email: graeme@manchesterfoe.org.uk Mobile: 07948 405071 More details

17 May: MFoE Food campaign meeting

18 May: UK Green Film Festival: Happy

19 May: UK Green Film Festival: The City Dark