Category Archives: Manchester City Council

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#Manchester #climate Steering Group questions, if you can be bothered a) going and b) staying awake

Posted on July 7, 2015 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Tonight the ‘Steering’ ‘Group’ (of what??) for the Manchester Climate Change Action Plan holds its annual general meeting.  Which is happening instead of the stakeholder conference (with elections) that it is SUPPOSED to be holding.  It will have a keynote … Continue reading →

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What the Conservative victory means for #Manchester and #climate

Posted on May 8, 2015 by manchesterclimatemonthly

So, at a national level, here’s what to expect for climate and energy policy -“Energy and climate policy are even more absolutely doomed. Prepare for onshore wind turbines to begin disappearing, fracking underfoot, no 2030 [renewable energy] targets…” (quote from … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Evening News publishes letter about “eco-neighbourhoods” debacle

Posted on April 16, 2015 by manchesterclimatemonthly

From 16th April 2015 MEN Manchester City Council is very good at making promises.  18 months ago they promised a $14.5m “Clean City Fund” from an airport windfall.  There was lots of coverage about the scheme being set up. Not … Continue reading →

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#Manchester City Council refuses to fund its own “Eco-Neighbourhoods” programme.

Posted on April 14, 2015 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council has refused to spend £500,000 of its £14.5 million “Clean City Fund” on an “eco-neighbourhoods” proposal put forward by its OWN bureaucrats. This extraordinary state of affairs has only come to light because of a Freedom of Information … Continue reading →

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Exclusive: Manchester City Council ties wage increases for bosses to carbon reductions

Posted on April 1, 2015 by manchesterclimatemonthly

In an unexpected and welcome move, Manchester City Council is to tie the wages of its Executive members and senior management team to the Council’s overall success in reducing carbon emissions. “We have a bold and innovative vision for Manchester” … Continue reading →

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#Manchester City Council promises new Local Nature Reserve. Breaks promise.

Posted on March 6, 2015 by manchesterclimatemonthly

In July 2013 Manchester City Council released  a “climate change action(sic) plan.”  It included this item – 4.57  The designation of one new Local Nature Reserve and one new Site of Biological Importance. In 2014 the council refused to release … Continue reading →

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Council fails to complete its low carbon #climate plans, dodges question

Posted on March 5, 2015 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council used to make its climate promises in July. In 2013 it promised, among many other things, there would be a “refresh of Low Carbon Plans, both top-down, at a Directorate level, and bottom-up, from an individual team … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Scrutiny Week – On #climate – why flog a brain-dead horse?

Posted on March 5, 2015 by manchesterclimatemonthly

So below you will find a list of the agendas of the so-called “Scrutiny” committees of Manchester City Council.  These committees, made up of ‘back-bench’ councillors (all Labour, of course) are supposed to keep tabs on Manchester City Council’s executive … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Council gives MMU £13k for carbon literacy training – with no contract!

Posted on February 19, 2015 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council has given a “contract” worth £12,900 for carbon literacy training … without going to the bother of a written contract!!  Against a target of 60 councillors ‘carbon literate’ by the end of 2014, the actual number was… … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Council’s feeble spin machine splutters and coughs on #climate

Posted on February 18, 2015 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council set a target (after being prodded by activists) of 60 of its 96 Councillors being “carbon literate” by the end of 2014. They awarded a £13k contract to Manchester Metropolitan University to deliver this training (which was … Continue reading →

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