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Manchester City Council spends 30k on “green” strategy. Consults with… the consultants writing the report!

Posted on January 12, 2015 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Here’s the short version: Manchester City Council has spent 30k outsourcing the creation of a “Green Infrastructure”.  They “consulted” – but mostly with the consultants they hired! Manchester City Council promised a “Green and Blue Infrastructure Strategy” would be in … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Councillor proud of city’s record. Finds out emissions up. Still proud.

Posted on December 31, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

It began, as so many things do these days, with a tweet. Rebecca Moore, the newest councillor [Labour (of course)] for Withington, proclaimed that it was a Good Thing more people don’t vote Green. Just for laffs (or “shits and … Continue reading →

Posted in Democratic deficit, Low Carbon Culture, Manchester City Council | 3 Comments

#Manchester City Council in low performance on energy indicators shocker! #whoknew

Posted on December 23, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Are you sitting down?  Are you braced for a shock? It turns out that Manchester City Council … isn’t performing very well on energy issues, especially when it comes to independent monitoring and verification*!!  Meanwhile,bears are catholic. In a report … Continue reading →

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#Manchester City Council discusses the cuts…

Posted on December 20, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

I attended this week’s MCC Economy and Communities Scrutiny Committee meetings. I hope this report may be of use to some of you. I’m happy for material in it to be forwarded to other interested parties, with the proviso that … Continue reading →

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Councillors fail to scrutinise the agenda, the #Manchester budget, themselves

Posted on December 18, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council is having to make very big cuts to its budget. Councillors on the Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Council wanted reports on different options, but will not get them. On Tuesday 16th November they kicked off at everyone – but … Continue reading →

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It’s official: #climate is not “urgent business” for #Manchester City Council

Posted on December 17, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

You have a plan.  But it isn’t working.  Your carbon emissions are going UP, not down. The short report where that was admitted is not even in the papers for the meeting.  And the council’s carbon emissions are not on … Continue reading →

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#Manchester City Council fails to scrutinise its increasing emissions. Of course.

Posted on December 11, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

In February the Council (1) promised that it would start producing quarterly reports on the “progress” it was making with its Climate Change actions.  It didn’t do this, of course. Finally, in November, after a lot of pushing from citizens, … Continue reading →

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Council to answer #climate questions! Can YOU help formulate those questions?

Posted on December 3, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

In July 2013 Manchester City Council made a series of promises about what it would do in the coming year, as part of its “Annual Carbon Reduction Plan 2013-4.” In July 2014 it… didn’t report on what it had and … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaign Update, Climate Change Action Plan, Manchester City Council | 3 Comments

#Manchester Council finally releases #climate report – Emissions are UP.

Posted on December 2, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Ten months after promising to start releasing quarterly reports, Manchester City Council has finally done so. And emissions have gone UP compared with the same time last year. The skimpy 5 page report (4 if you take out the cover) is … Continue reading →

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Action: Please write to councillors about lack of promised quarterly climate plan

Posted on December 2, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

UPDATE: The report is now up (it wasn’t yesterday), buried at the bottom of one of the seven pages. “View the latest quarterly report, which gives a snapshot of progress against our targets Manchester Quarter 2 2014/15 Internal Carbon Emissions Report.” That scene from Hitchhikers Guide to … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaign Update, Climate Change Action Plan, Manchester City Council | 2 Comments