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Our "leaders" are going to keep making empty promises. It makes them feel good. It gets the activists to act like zombie kittens. If you want to have some self-respect and perhaps make a difference (actual facts may vary), then find a functioning group that cares about your skills and knowledge - what you have, what you want. One useful group might be www.climateemergencymanchester.net - you can email them on contact@climateemergencymanchester.net-
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#Manchester air quality – kids warned to ‘limit outdoor exertion’
So, probably a good thing that the mobikes are going… Good grief, what a species we are. Manchester records highest levels of air pollution anywhere in western Europe as children warned to ‘limit outdoor exertion’ Manchester recorded the highest levels of … Continue reading
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Upcoming event: Hacking the Future of Energy. #Manchester 2-4 November.
from carbon coop website. Hacking the Future of Energy Join us to explore, develop and win funds for your solution to the energy crisis. Apply now Friday 2nd Nov – Sunday 4th Nov / Manchester / Ages 16+ / Free … Continue reading
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Young feminists in #climate justice -contributions sought for ‘rooted in care, sustaining movements’.
Calling all Young feminists in climate justice! This is a call for submissions to our 2nd #storytelling project: Rooted in Care, Sustaining Movements! Submit your story via this form Visit our website for more details
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Appeal to oppose Drax Power Station’s plans
The campaigning group Biofuelwatch has an urgent campaign to oppose Drax Power Station’s new plans to replace its final two coal units with a much larger power station to burn fossil gas. If Drax’s full plan goes ahead, it would … Continue reading
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#Manchester retrofit – survey by post-grad student, help needed #climate
Jackie Owino is a postgraduate student in the University of Salford studying MSc. Safety, Health and Environment Management. She is passionate about environmental sustainability, and is seeking owner-occupiers of houses in Manchester to respond to a survey (you can take … Continue reading
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Only 1 in 7 of top #Manchester Council bosses is ‘carbon literate’ #climate farce
Back in 2013 Richard Leese got himself some feel-good greenie points (and made certain supine types roll over and coo) by launching the world’s first ‘Carbon Literacy’ program, in the Arndale Centre. It then took our Glorious Leader four years … Continue reading
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New report: Unreported and harmful emissions from incinerators across England
Harmful emissions from incinerators are going unreported says new research which highlights serious public health failings. Copies of the full report can be read here: http://ukwin.org.uk/bin The new report reveals: • Incinerators exceed pollution reporting thresholds, but due to a loophole … Continue reading
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Save the world and get 20 quid (esp. men…)
please share… PARTICIPANTS WANTED FROM AROUND THE UK £20 GIFT VOUCHER FOR COMPLETION OF STUDY Would you like to do more to tackle climate change and poverty? Do you find it difficult to respond to these global challenges in your … Continue reading
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Lucy Powell and “carbon literacy”- no answers yet… #manchester #climate
The Labour Party’ MP Lucy Powell (Manchester Central) has repeatedly declined to say whether she has completed the much-vaunted “carbon literacy” training that various people in Manchester seem to think is worth a bucket of warm spit. On 26 June … Continue reading
More toxic Greater #Manchester air looms. Silence from Andy Burnham…
So, months on from the world-changing “Green Summit” it turns out that the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, is not responding to legitimate questions from the Breath Clean Air Group (sent on the 24th June – see below). What … Continue reading
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