Monthly Archives: October 2013

Video: Interview with Natalie Bennett of #Greens, #Manchester Oct 2013

Posted on October 10, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Video interview with Natalie Bennett, (leader of the Greens), last week when she was up in Manchester to launch Manchester Metropolitan University Young Greens. Prebuttal of the tedious “you’re a partisan hack” thing Yes, yesterday quoted a Lib Dem councillor … Continue reading →

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“Wake up call for #Urmston” – press release from BCAG #Trafford #Manchester #airpollution

Posted on October 10, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Here’s a press release from the Breathe Clean Air Group – “The residents of Urmston, Flixton and Davyhulme face the biggest challenge to the air they breathe since the battle against smog in the 1950s” declared Pete Kilvert, Chairman of … Continue reading →

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Full Council of despair – #Manchester City Council in business-as-normal mode

Posted on October 9, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

After an hour of advertising for HS2, we got what we came for. The small and intrepid(1) band that ventured into Manchester Town Hall to witness “democracy” did indeed get to see what passes for democracy in action today. It … Continue reading →

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The final print #Manchester #climate monthly out now!

Posted on October 8, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

And, for the first time, we missed the first-Monday-of-the-month deadline. Oh the irony… Contains stories on the £14.5 million pound windfall that the City Council has, an interview with a US Navy submarine captain, an interview with a University of … Continue reading →

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Win tickets to “Chasing Ice” showing, #Manchester Science Festival, Sun 0ct 27th

Posted on October 8, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester Science Festival is back, and they’re showing the documentary “Chasing Ice.” MCFly editor Marc Hudson is doing a brief intro on the night.  If that hasn’t put you off, I don’t know what will, but we have two lots … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Fugue for a Darkening Island

Posted on October 5, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Christopher Priest – until Christopher Nolan’s 2006 film of his book ‘The Prestige’ by Christopher Nolan – was one of our ‘unsung heroes’ of off-kilter literature. The Separation was a tale of melded alternate histories of WW2 and Inverted World … Continue reading →

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Crosspost: Gathering before Full Council on Weds 9th Oct #manchester #askmcr

Posted on October 4, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Cross-post from “Ask the People of Manchester,” which is trying to get 4,000 signatures on a petition by 18th November (we are almost at 1,000!!) Event: gathering before Full Council on Weds 9th October, 9am #askmcr Posted on October 2, 2013 … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Council admits that business is free to ignore council policies #climate #epicfail

Posted on October 3, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Well, one of them, at least… A council officer has admitted under questioning that since the official Manchester Climate Change Action Plan “wasn’t in their [businesses’] language” then the council did not pursue endorsements of official Council policy*, and instead … Continue reading →

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Interview: Prof Elizabeth Shove, ahead of #Manchester lecture on #energy demand, Weds 9th Oct

Posted on October 3, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Professor Elizabeth Shove, Co-Director of DEMAND and Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University, will be giving a seminar on “The Dynamics of Energy, Mobility and Demand” on Wednesday 9th October. Organised by Tyndall Manchester, free and open to the pubic, … Continue reading →

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What is the Green Deal? White Elephant? Dead White Elephant? Something else? #Manchester #energy

Posted on October 2, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly reader X* asks – Is it the biggest home improvement scheme since the second world war? Massive white Elephant? Dead in the Water? If this topic interests you, see also this interview about GM domestic retrofit… The Government, and … Continue reading →

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