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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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Category Archives: Energy
Newsflash: Manchester City Council going through the fracking motions
Manchester City Council’s dominant Labour group has passed a radically-amended motion about “fracking,” a controversial process of accessing hard-to-reach natural gas. The original motion, which called on the Council to “declare itself a ‘Fracking-Free Zone’,” was put forward by one … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Manchester City Council
Tagged fracking, Manchester Friends of the Earth, Nigel Murphy
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(Fracking Awful Event) Report: MCFly unco-operative? Bank on it.
MCFly co-editor Marc Hudson finds out that his price is a little higher than a free ice-cream and a comp showing of an American eco-documentary. I would have been better off staying at the Friends of the Earth meeting (1). … Continue reading
Can renewables save the day?
We asked new graduate Andrea Newman* to tell us a bit about her thesis, which was on energy demand and how it can be met. Here’s what she told us When it came to choosing my dissertation title, I knew … Continue reading
Complaint Against Manchester Solar Company Upheld
The Advertising Standards Agency has found an advert circulated by Manchester-based “Beech Solar” to be in breach of ad rules and declared it ‘misleading.” Beech Solar have so far declined to comment. In February 2012, a Manchester Climate Monthly (MCFly) … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged Advertising Standards Authority, Beech Solar, Feed in Tariff, renewables, solar power
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Getting kids to save energy, or, “Nuclear Power Kills!!”
Getting people to cut their energy usage can be tough. “Behaviour change” this, “moral exhortation” that, “carbon literacy” up the wazoo. Well, from now on, we at MCFly are going to use the following technique to convince all the children … Continue reading
Posted in education, Energy, humour
Tagged it is a joke you idiot, nuclear energy, nuclear power, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
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Event Report: Green Expo 9/10 May in #Manchester
MCFly writer Phil James attended the Greenbuild Expo last Wednesday, Manchester’s annual show-and-tell for all things Green and buildy. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but this is what I found; Preparation for the Green Deal continues apace. At … Continue reading
Green deal or no green deal: domestic retrofit questions answered
From the print edition of Manchester Climate Monthly (available here) Michael O’Doherty, Head of Climate Change: Buildings and Energy at Manchester City Council and, in his copious spare time, also Greater Manchester Housing Retrofit Programme Lead has kindly answered a … Continue reading
“Screw all the hippies”- An event report from the Big Six Energy Bash.
By Henry Davis In February 2011, Climate Camp produced a statement which contained the following: “As a movement, to be relevant, we need to move with the times. Therefore the Camp for Climate Action has decided, after much discussion and … Continue reading
“There’s no justice, there’s just us”
We asked MCFly reader “shakkka” to tell us what she thought about the past, present and future of non-violent direct action on climate change. Here’s what she sent us. (We’re publishing this today to mark this.) As Paul Mason said … Continue reading
Salford Uni & Envirolink Team Up To Offer Green Training
The University of Salford and Envirolink are joining forces to offer energy and built environment training An ‘Energy Professional Development Academy’ has been set up by Salford University and low carbon business support company Envirolink to help companies cut their … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptation, Energy
Tagged Buildings, Energy efficiency, Envirolink, Green Deal, University of Salford
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