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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 Council Highways department STILL doing nothing about low-carbon asphalt, dodging FOIA
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#Manchester Council continues to lie about #climate change
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Council environment “leader” holds takes no emergency action on carbon budget blow out.
The person in charge of Manchester’s response to climate change had held precisely ZERO meetings about getting the city vaguely close to its carbon-cutting emissions. A Freedom of Information Act request has revealed the shocking fact that the Executive Member … Continue reading
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Brilliant new report on “#Manchester Airport versus the Carbon Budget”
Climate Emergency Manchester (1) has released a brilliant 15 page report pointing out that an expanding airport (Manchester City Council owns 35.5%, btw) is not compatible with reaching the emissions reductions we need to. You can read their blog post … Continue reading
Complaint about #Manchester City Council Comms Team
The Comms team of Manchester City Council said, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, that the majority of its members had done their carbon literacy training. This was not true – only 11 of the 50 had … Continue reading
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Failed #Manchester #climate “Agency” sneaks out report about massive carbon budget blowout.
The Manchester Climate Change “Agency” – a formidably expensive figleaf for Manchester City Council that isn’t even an agency (1) – has chosen to wait until after COP26 to release a deeply embarrassing report that reveals that the city is … Continue reading
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Saying nothing to nobody – Manchester green groups comms catastrophe #Unsolicited Advice ‘#WinningFriends #Obnoxious
This blog post is going to look at the the public “communications” of three prominent climate/environmental groups in Manchester and say “WTAF”. If you’re familiar with MCFly none of this will be a surprise. If you’re not, you’ll be wondering … Continue reading
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XR block 13 Amazon distribution sites, including #Manchester
From an email – BREAKING NEWS: XR has blocked 13 of Amazon’s biggest fulfilment centres around the UK, as well as some in the Netherlands and Germany, in a Black Friday action. We’re taking a stand against one of the world’s biggest … Continue reading
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On class, egofodder and control: Manchester City Council versus #climate action and democracy
Manchester City Council is – through its usual behaviour – destroying the possibility of an effective response to climate change. This will not come as a shock to anyone who has been paying attention at any point in the last … Continue reading
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