Author Archives: manchesterclimatemonthly

Margaret Brown (Viewpoints, 6 April) seems somewhat confused in her letter. She seems to think that protestors are calling for “a restriction of police powers”.  This is simply not the case. What they are actually calling for is the abandonment … Continue reading →

On the same day you published an open letter from 16 different organisations calling for Manchester City Council to take the strongest possible course when re-arranging its scrutiny arrangements so that climate action gets examined and accelerated (Viewpoints, M.E.N. 16 March), … Continue reading →

Your article on Great Ancoats St (“£9m spent… but is new ‘boulevard’ worth the hassle’, M.E.N., 10 March) was fascinating. Two additional points are worth making. Firstly, in July 2019 the Neighbourhoods and Environment Scrutiny Committee called on the Executive to … Continue reading →

New research by the International Energy Agency shows that fossil fuel emissions climbed steadily over the second half of the year as major economies began to recover. By December 2020, carbon emissions were 2% higher than in the same month the … Continue reading →

Thank you for article “Forest blazes destroy balance” (M.E.N., 26 February) which clearly explained another major threat to everyone’s future. At the moment forests turn the carbon we humans are putting into the atmosphere when we burn oil, coal and gas into … Continue reading →

So, on Saturday I a) wrote something about “the End of Leese” b) fired off a letter to the MEN. They published it (and another good ‘un) It’s great that Manchester City Council has been listening to people in the … Continue reading →