Category Archives: Campaign Update

Press Release: Growing Wave of #Climate Protest in #Manchester

Posted on November 17, 2018 by manchesterclimatemonthly

The growing wave of climate protest continued in Manchester on Friday 16 November, when 15 people from across the area gathered in St. Peters Square near Manchester Town Hall.   They were inspired by the example of 15 year old Swedish … Continue reading →

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#Manchester “Fridays for the Future” Protest #climate

Posted on November 12, 2018 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Facebook event here, if you want to give your details to GCHQ directly rather than indirectly.   From 11.30 to 1.30, Friday 16th November A peaceful and quiet gathering to protest our ‘leaders’ lack of action or urgency in the … Continue reading →

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Interview with Carbon Coop about ‘mPower’ etc.

Posted on November 8, 2018 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Earlier this week Jonathan Atkinson of Carbon Coop attended a meeting, organised by the Transnational Institute and Corporate Europe Observatory, about municipal power.  MCFly emailed some questions…. 1. So, yet another Carbon Coop junket to Europe.  What was THIS one … Continue reading →

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Food Hub with focus on Community, Good Health & Sustainable Food receives 5 years funding grant. #Manchester

Posted on October 31, 2018 by manchesterclimatemonthly

A press release, sent by Kindling Trust: On a beautiful, sunny, Autumnal Saturday morning, over 200 local residents, local councillors, senior council officers and funders came together to celebrate the launch of Stockport’s Community Food Hub. Funding from Reaching Communities, … Continue reading →

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DeSmogUK – worth your support

Posted on October 25, 2018 by manchesterclimatemonthly

So, MCFly subscribes to a rather excellent news outfit called “DeSmogUK” – lots of good investigative journalism on the frackers, the deniers and so forth…  Here’s their latest newsletter… Thursday 25 October 2018 This week, we’ve been focusing on the … Continue reading →

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Protest abt #climate in #Manchester, this Friday, 12th October, #AlbertSquare

Posted on October 8, 2018 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Greta Thunberg (interview) is a 15 year old schoolgirl from Sweden who went on a 2 week school strike prior to the Swedish elections in protest at her Governments failure to take adequate measures to deal with the crisis that … Continue reading →

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Young feminists in #climate justice -contributions sought for ‘rooted in care, sustaining movements’.

Posted on September 1, 2018 by manchesterclimatemonthly

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

Posted on August 23, 2018 by manchesterclimatemonthly

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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Fundraising appeal: Family #Fracking Action Court Costs #Manchester

Posted on January 28, 2018 by manchesterclimatemonthly

All details from gofundme page   Family Fracking Action Court Costs On 12th July 2017 three generations of one family and a wonderful crew of friends carried out an action at the Cuadrilla fracking site at Preston New Road in … Continue reading →

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Of #Manchester City Council and despair

Posted on December 11, 2017 by manchesterclimatemonthly

I have been writing the following blog post for years. “Manchester City Council promised to do x by [date]. They refused to say if they had or not, so I submitted a FoIA. They haven’t done x. Isn’t that awful.” … Continue reading →

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