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Manchester Council Highways department STILL doing nothing about low-carbon asphalt, dodging FOIA

Posted on December 14, 2021 by manchesterclimatemonthly

A Freedom of Information Act request has revealed that Manchester City Council is still dragging its feet on all aspects of the so–called “Climate Emergency” it was forced to declare in July 2019. There has been NO progress on procuring … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Council continues to lie about #climate change

Posted on December 10, 2021 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council has once again released fundamentally misleading information about climate change. This will come as no surprise to anyone who remembers that its Comms Team was recently caught lying about its own “carbon literacy” status. (They claimed the … Continue reading →

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Council environment “leader” holds takes no emergency action on carbon budget blow out.

Posted on December 6, 2021 by manchesterclimatemonthly

The person in charge of Manchester’s response to climate change had held precisely ZERO meetings about getting the city vaguely close to its carbon-cutting emissions. A Freedom of Information Act request has revealed the shocking fact that the Executive Member … Continue reading →

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Brilliant new report on “#Manchester Airport versus the Carbon Budget”

Posted on December 2, 2021 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Climate Emergency Manchester (1) has released a brilliant 15 page report pointing out that an expanding airport (Manchester City Council owns 35.5%, btw) is not compatible with reaching the emissions reductions we need to. You can read their blog post … Continue reading →

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Complaint about #Manchester City Council Comms Team

Posted on November 30, 2021 by manchesterclimatemonthly

The Comms team of Manchester City Council said, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, that the majority of its members had done their carbon literacy training. This was not true – only 11 of the 50 had … Continue reading →

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Failed #Manchester #climate “Agency” sneaks out report about massive carbon budget blowout.

Posted on November 29, 2021 by manchesterclimatemonthly

The Manchester Climate Change “Agency” – a formidably expensive figleaf for Manchester City Council that isn’t even an agency (1) – has chosen to wait until after COP26 to release a deeply embarrassing report that reveals that the city is … Continue reading →

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On class, egofodder and control: Manchester City Council versus #climate action and democracy

Posted on November 25, 2021 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council is – through its usual behaviour – destroying the possibility of an effective response to climate change. This will not come as a shock to anyone who has been paying attention at any point in the last … Continue reading →

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Will the Council try to learn anything?

Posted on November 22, 2021 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Don’t read this letter to the City Solicitor of Manchester City Council below until you read THIS. Dear Ms Ledden, Re: Internal Review of Freedom of Information Act request 5790. thank you for your prompt and thorough internal review, dated … Continue reading →

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Manchester City Council caught lying about “carbon literacy” status of comms team.

Posted on November 22, 2021 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council has been forced to do admit that it released “inaccurate” information about the carbon literacy status of its communications staff. The shocking admission comes after Manchester Climate Monthly requested an internal review of an earlier response to … Continue reading →

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Rubbish answers from #Manchester City Council about waste collection, panic-buying 4xl hazmat suits

Posted on November 11, 2021 by manchesterclimatemonthly

A FOIA. On 23rd October I wrote to informationcompliance@manchester.gov.uk Dear Sir/Madam, I read this story in the Grauniad with alarm.  It concerns bin lorry drivers selfishly deciding to put food on their families’ tables by taking higher paid jobs delivering … Continue reading →

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