Ir you give a damn, find a functional group
Our "leaders" are going to keep making empty promises. It makes them feel good. It gets the activists to act like zombie kittens. If you want to have some self-respect and perhaps make a difference (actual facts may vary), then find a functioning group that cares about your skills and knowledge - what you have, what you want. One useful group might be www.climateemergencymanchester.net - you can email them on contact@climateemergencymanchester.net-
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Category Archives: Manchester City Council
Platt-itudes from #Manchester City Council?
I think we can all agree that there is nothing like good firework display and a pipping hot portion of chips to enjoy Bonfire night in a windy park. However, there is a price that comes with hosting big events … Continue reading
Event Report: “Transformational Economics” fringe event at Labour Party Conference
Attention Conservation Notice: detailed account of “Transformational Economics” fringe meeting at the Labour Party Conference. Random observations, blow-by-blow account and some observations for how it it could have gone better. In the ornate (1) “Directors’ Lounge” at the Palace Hotel, … Continue reading
Posted in Event reports, Manchester City Council
Tagged CLES, Cllr Sue Murphy, Friends of the Earth, Neil McInroy
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Newsflash: Anderson & Bows – “the threshold of 2 °C is no longer viable”
Professor Kevin Anderson and Doctor Alice Bows are Manchester-based academics working on climate change and what its impacts will be. They have written many peer-reviewed articles and reports, and given seminars a-plenty. (We recently interviewed Kevin – read the full … Continue reading
Posted in academia, Article alert, Manchester City Council
Tagged Dr Alice Bows, Kevin Anderson
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Free adult cycle training!!
from a press release; If you don’t cycle and want to learn, or are returning to cycling after a few years and want to brush-up on your technique then this FREE adult cycle training could be right up your street. … Continue reading
Newsflash: Council explains delay in Annual Carbon Budget
This stuff matters. We want to pick out one sentence in Manchester City Council’s reply to our questions about the (delayed) Annual Carbon Budget presentation. “The City Council was among the first authorities in the country to embed low-carbon thinking … Continue reading
Newsflash: Annual Carbon Budget to be released in September
Manchester City Council will publish its second Annual Carbon Budget in late August. The budget will then be scrutinised by a committee of 18 15 councillors, before being signed off by the Council’s 9-member Executive on Wednesday 12th September. The … Continue reading
Newsflash: Brussels sprouts action on climate change gas reporting
MCFly co-editor Arwa Aburawa travels all the way to Brussels* and sees parliamentarians decide that European states must now take account of the “sub-national context” when measuring their greenhouse gas emissions. What does this mean for Manchester? Read on… Manchester … Continue reading
Posted in Event reports, Manchester City Council
Tagged European Union, Neil Swannick, Seb Carney
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Executive indecision: carbon budgets off the agenda
Here’s a progress report on the City Council’s much-vaunted annual carbon budgets. On the left is the agenda for the Manchester City Council Executive meeting of July 27 2011. We’ve circled the relevant bit. On the right is the agenda … Continue reading
Sometimes it’s what #Manchester leaders DON’T say that matters: Silence and #climate change
Council Leader Richard Leese has probably never been accused of not saying enough. He’s articulate, confident and ferociously well-briefed. He has a regularly-updated blog too, on which I lurk. And I seem to be stalking him in real-life; I keep … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change Action Plan, Event reports, Manchester City Council
Tagged Richard Leese
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Going Through the Motions? Manchester City Council and Climate Change
A Liberal Democrat motion at July 11th’s full Council, calling on Manchester City Council to be “more sustainable,” was radically amended by Labour councillors before being passed. The LibDem councillor who proposed the motion, Victor Chamberlain (Chorlton) has described the … Continue reading
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