Category Archives: Manchester City Council

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#Manchester Town Hall Extension lights still blazing. What to DO about #climate? Citizens must choose, and do…

Posted on February 21, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly
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#Manchester Council talks #climate while wasting energy – photo to prove it

Posted on February 14, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council’s Executive met to rubber stamp its latest budget – and its climate change “plan” – on Wednesday. Meanwhile a space heater was blazing away in the empty room that they had said they were going to use, … Continue reading →

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Text of speech on #climate that may get given to #Manchester City Council Executive

Posted on February 12, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council’s Executive meets today. Members of the public do not have the right to address the meeting, but can ask permission. I have already. If it is granted, this is what I’ll be saying. Thank you, chair, for … Continue reading →

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Text of speech on #climate that may get given to #Manchester City Council Executive today, Weds 12th

Posted on February 12, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council’s Executive meets today. Members of the public do not have the right to address the meeting, but can ask permission. I have already. If it is granted, this is what I’ll be saying. Thank you, chair, for … Continue reading →

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Venture capitalists expect transparency. Surely #Manchester City Council could provide the same?

Posted on February 11, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

At last week’s Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Committee meeting there was a (metaphorically) mumbled admission that the “20% carbon reduction by 2014” target was going to be missed by at least 7%.  This despite the fact that as recently as July 2013 … Continue reading →

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Explanations of terms in the Open Letter to #Manchester City Council on #climate action

Posted on February 9, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

This came today – Dear Marc, It was good to meet you again last week.  First, I must say that your newsletters are always interesting and often useful.  Your work rate is amazing.  However, I often don’t have time to read them. … Continue reading →

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#Manchester City Council leaving a light on or three in their Extension. Still.

Posted on February 7, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

According to a report that went to Finance Scrutiny on Thursday 6th, there’s a 15% failure rate on movement sensors and the contractors are taking the hit. So that’s alright then. There’s no absolutely no reputational risk whatsoever to a … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Council carbon literacy for councillors stalled early last year, but will restart

Posted on February 7, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Many of Manchester City Council’ elected members have been thwarted from completing their “carbon literacy” training by the last-minute cancellation of workshops. The revelation came when Councillor Shelley Lanchbury (one of Higher Blackeley’s three councillors, and chair of the Labour … Continue reading →

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#Manchester #climate letter in MEN and 3 simple actions for you to take

Posted on February 6, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Letter appeared Weds 5th February 2014 Watch the already well-watched video version here. FIRST  Sign the open letter (the shortest version of it is to the right. The full version, with explanations, is here)  and encourage your friends, family and … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Council goes at #carbon literacy with all… lights… blazing. #epicfail

Posted on February 5, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

They say a picture’s worth a thousand words. Well, what’s the worth of 500 employees being carbon literate if… Someone recently left a comment that I’ve cherished ever since, comparing me to Woodward and Bernstein. Well, here’s another fine investigation, … Continue reading →

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