Category Archives: Manchester City Council

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Open letter to Steering Group 2.0

Posted on January 24, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

The Steering Group An Open Letter from the editors of Manchester Climate Monthly Dear members of the Steering Group old and new, We wish you good luck in your new endeavour. Manchester desperately needs your energy and unique position in … Continue reading →

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Airport City – against and for…

Posted on January 20, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Attention Conservation Notice: The following article contains entirely predictable statements from various organisations about the virtue/vice of “Airport City.” Last week, accompanied by a certain amount of civic boosterism (always in short supply in Manchester), the £659 million “Airport City” … Continue reading →

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News flash: Christie car park turned down

Posted on January 19, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Christie Hospital has been refused permission to build a multi-storey car park in Withington (previous MCFly story on this). The Planning and Highways Committee of Manchester City Council met at 2pm today. After representations for and against from interested parties, … Continue reading →

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The Big Cs: Christie, carparks and carbon dioxide

Posted on January 19, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Christie Hospital will find out today if they can build a new multi-storey car park in Withington. The Planning and Highways Committee of Manchester City Council meets at 2pm today (Thurs 19th January) at the Town Hall to decide on … Continue reading →

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NEWS FLASH: Stakeholder Conference Date Announced

Posted on January 13, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

It’s official. The stakeholder conference for the Manchester: A Certain Future – the city’s climate action plan – isto be held on Friday 16th of March. The 2011 conference was delayed  and moved to coincide with Climate Week which takes … Continue reading →

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Who can you (energy saving) trust?

Posted on January 13, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly got in touch with the Energy Saving Trust Advice Centre in Manchester today following rumours that their funding was being drastically cut in March. The manager I spoke to declined to comment and informed me that the query will instead been … Continue reading →

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INTERVIEW: John Ashcroft and Manchester’s bid for the Green Investment Bank

Posted on January 10, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly met up with John Ashcroft, the man leading Manchester’s bid to host the Green Investment Bank, to talk about the rainy city’s chances and whether it can see off competition from London Manchester is one of over twenty cities … Continue reading →

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Off To A Flying Start (Part II): Manchester City Council & Its Record On Aviation

Posted on January 8, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

As you may have heard, MCFly finally got its hands on some dirt… sorry, data on the council’s flying habit. In a recent post, we asked our readers to guess the bill the council racked up offsetting the elected members … Continue reading →

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Newsflash: Biodiversity Action Plan 2.0 to be approved

Posted on January 6, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

On Tuesday 10th January a new plan for the protection of biodiversity in Manchester will be discussed and approved. The “Communities and Neighbourhoods Overview and Scrutiny Committee” will look at the 48 -page report (which you can see at the … Continue reading →

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Poll: Guess The Council’s Flight Offset Bill!

Posted on January 5, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Finally. After days of waiting around and numerous phone calls to Manchester City Council, we have received answers to our questions about the number of flights taken by elected members from the end of 2009 to 2011. And it’s exciting … Continue reading →

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