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Video – #MossSide resident says “Ask the People of #Manchester”

On Monday we reported on the “Clean and ‘Green’ Spaces” initiative of Manchester City Council’s Executive. (Scooping the Manchester Evening News by a day. Just sayin’). A Moss Side resident, Jo Campbell, has set up a petition on the “e-petitions” … Continue reading

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Smarter driving on the road to ruin – #Manchester #climate #toptrumps

Manchester City Council’s carbon emissions are, even from the false baseline of 2009/10, climbing.  And so to help them achieve their rubbery targets they proclaim that they will finally introduce that one day programme of training that they designed last … Continue reading

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£14.5m for a “Clean and Green” #Manchester. Libraries and day care centres and stuff? Not so much

[UPDATE 11th September; there is now an online petition about having a public consultation on this £14.5 million.  You can see (and sign) it here on Manchester City Council’s website.] Yeah, you read that right.  On Wednesday September 11th the … Continue reading

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“Increase staff cycling levels to 12%” – #Manchester #climate #toptrumps

Manchester City Council’s carbon emissions are, even from the false baseline of 2009/10, climbing.  Their 2013-14 plan is chock full of specific goals, oh yes. What it says 4.30 Further increase staff cycling levels to 12% of journeys. What was … Continue reading

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From taxis to “City Car Club”. Really? #Manchester #climate #toptrumps

Manchester City Council’s carbon emissions are, even from the false baseline of 2009/10, climbing.  And so to help them achieve their rubbery targets they proclaim that they will … switch 5% if taxi trips to “City Car Club.” What it … Continue reading

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Upcoming event: #Manchester Festival of Nature, Heaton Park Sat 7th September

Disappointed that the City Council’s “Green and Blue Infrastructure” plan is delayed for the thousandth time? Drown your sorrows in a sea of greenery!! There’s a Manchester Festival of Nature being held at Heaton Park on Saturday 7th September. All … Continue reading

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Meanwhile (land) and #Manchester – questions and (endless) delays

While you are waiting, on tenterhooks, for the second-to-last ever Manchester Climate Monthly to hit your inboxes, please be amused by this, from a report on Corporate Propery to be discussed this Thursday at the Finance Scrutiny Committee. Community use … Continue reading

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Struck mute by commuting “target” – #Manchester #climate #toptrumps

Manchester City Council’s carbon emissions are, even from the false baseline of 2009/10, climbing.  And so to help them achieve their rubbery targets they proclaim that they will cut commuting by… 1%.  #Senseofurgency?? What it says 4.28 Reduce commuting by … Continue reading

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Streetlights and the total eclipse of the… credibility – #Manchester #climate #toptrumps

Manchester City Council’s carbon emissions are, even from the false baseline of 2009/10, climbing.  It says something that one of the few numbers they are able to cite in their entire “plan” for 2013/4 is for… 68 tonnes, a trivial … Continue reading

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Art Gallery patrons left in the dark – #Manchester #climate #toptrumps

Manchester City Council’s buildings emissions went up last year. They don’t seem particularly bothered by this, of course. Number 8 of the so-called “actions” in the so-called carbon reduction plan, basically is a promise that they didn’t bother to keep … Continue reading

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