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Was print format from 2012 to 13. Now web only. All things climate and resilience in (Greater) Manchester.

Santa Claus supports renewables… Merry Atheistmas, #Manchester #climate monthly readers

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#Manchester City Council in low performance on energy indicators shocker! #whoknew

Are you sitting down?  Are you braced for a shock? It turns out that Manchester City Council … isn’t performing very well on energy issues, especially when it comes to independent monitoring and verification*!!  Meanwhile,bears are catholic. In a report … Continue reading

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Polarbear Facepalm: Australian PM Tony Abbott. No words, no words…

From here.

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#Manchester activist writes on the Lima to Paris #climate talks

Justice or the climate, which would you choose? So the Lima talks have apparently ended in ‘success’. If so you have to ask how much more ‘success’ the planet can take. Twenty two years after the Rio Earth Summit you … Continue reading

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The hopelessness of #climate change and #Manchester City Council getting you down? Try “Ignorital”!!

Rampant emissions, evasive to the point of duplicitous bureaucrats, over-worked councillors.  Rampant emissions.  No apparent political leadership. It could all get a bit depressing.  That’s why this drug, as advertised here, seems such a good idea…

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#Manchester City Council discusses the cuts…

I attended this week’s MCC Economy and Communities Scrutiny Committee meetings. I hope this report may be of use to some of you. I’m happy for material in it to be forwarded to other interested parties, with the proviso that … Continue reading

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Councillors fail to scrutinise the agenda, the #Manchester budget, themselves

Manchester City Council is having to make very big cuts to its budget. Councillors on the Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Council wanted reports on different options, but will not get them. On Tuesday 16th November they kicked off at everyone – but … Continue reading

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It’s official: #climate is not “urgent business” for #Manchester City Council

You have a plan.  But it isn’t working.  Your carbon emissions are going UP, not down. The short report where that was admitted is not even in the papers for the meeting.  And the council’s carbon emissions are not on … Continue reading

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Job Alert: Red Rose Forest Heritage Trees Engagement Officer

from here Jobs at Red Rose Forest Heritage Trees Engagement Officer Fixed Term to December 2018 Salary: £24,892 Hours: Full-time, 36 hours per week.   Based at the Red Rose Forest Office, Salford Application: via application form – see below … Continue reading

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Polar Bear Facepalm: The hairless apes keep burning the coal…

From Guardian article.

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