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#Manchester Labour Manifesto = April Fools Spoof, only worse.

Posted on May 3, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester Labour Party’s election manifesto seems to have been ‘inspired’ by a post on Manchester Climate Monthly.  That’s the good news.  The bad news is that the post in question was an April Fool’s spoof, in which we announced that … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Labour lifts its game on survey response.

Posted on April 27, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Ten Labour Party candidates for Manchester City Council seats have now responded to Friends of the Earth’s survey about their environmental beliefs and policy commitments.  They are second only to the Greens, with 14 responses, and ahead of the Liberal … Continue reading →

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Exec Member for Environment has not attended last 6 Steering Group main meetings

Posted on April 20, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council’s Executive Member for the Environment, Kate Chappell, has not attended a meeting of the City’s climate change ‘Steering Group’ since July last year. An analysis of the official minutes of the meetings by Manchester Climate Monthly shows that … Continue reading →

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Victory? #Manchester Health Scrutiny Committee to (maybe) look at #climate impacts

Posted on April 19, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

The Health Scrutiny Committee of Manchester City Council may look at the health consequences of climate change on Manchester’s people. This comes (only) after an open letter from Manchester Climate Monthly to the chair of that committee, Councillor Bev Craig … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Council throws cash at #climate group which breaks newsletter promise

Posted on April 13, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council has given 70k in cash, and sent two staff to work full-time to a group that promised to produce newsletters and has not done so. Council Leader Richard Leese and Executive Member for the Environment Kate Chappell … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Council gives useless #climate group another £27k. Why?

Posted on April 12, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

[UPDATE – The minutes of the Steering Group’s meetings have been found.  And they reveal that for the meeting on 18th February 2016  there were 8 apologies, and only 2 people present.  The meeting went ahead anyway.] Manchester City Council … Continue reading →

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Manchester Council leaders announce they have “CLAP”

Posted on April 1, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

In a bold move, Council leader Richard Leese and Executive Member for the Environment Kate Chappell are publicly announcing this morning that they have “CLAP”.  But don’t worry, it’s not what it sounds like. Instead, today, the two prominent Council … Continue reading →

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Open Letter to Chair of #Manchester Health Scrutiny Committee about #climate change @bevcraig

Posted on March 31, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Dear Councillor Craig, [cllr.b.craig@manchester.gov.uk, @bevcraig] I know you care about climate change (you are one of the councillors who has completed the face-to-face carbon literacy training, but not the online component). I know that the agenda of the Health Scrutiny … Continue reading →

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#Manchester City Council in ‘not listening’ shocker. For 100,000th time

Posted on March 26, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Below is a repost of an article that has appeared on the Manchester Friends of the Earth website.  The tl;dr is this – the City Council has had multiple opportunities to listen to informed and committed citizens.  It has ignored … Continue reading →

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Are your councillors carbon literate? Probably not #Manchester #climate #disgrace #debacle

Posted on March 24, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Two years ago, under pressure from activists, the Executive Member for the Environment set a target that by the end of 2014, 60 of the 96 councillors of Manchester City Council (all Labour party, btw) would have completed their ‘carbon … Continue reading →

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