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
Not #climate: of Santa Claus, #Manchester City Council and tawdry rake-stepping
Manchester City Council’s full council meetings, which happen about 6 times a year, or so (1) are generally a circus, and a second-rate one (2). Maybe it was ever thus, but the recent total dominance of the council by the … Continue reading
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Refurbing Manor Farm- #Manchester Council spends £174m to save 631 tonnes of C02 annually
We (1) here at Manchester Climate Monthly towers are not philistines. We do not believe that, as did the planners in 1945, that you should flatten the centres of British cities for the benefit of the almighty motor car. Castle … Continue reading
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RETRACTION: @ManCityCouncil boasts of #climate action- but it was actually Transport for Greater Manchester’s efforts…
MCFly (i.e. editor Marc Hudson) has stuffed up. Traffic lights and street lights are not the same thing. A FOIA about Salix and STREET lights has been submitted. Have sent this letter to MEN. In my letter (published in today’s … Continue reading
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Climate #Emergency in #Manchester – but NO discussions about using financial reserves. Dosh for CCTV, though…
Manchester City Council has had precisely no discussions about dipping into its financial reserves to deal with the Climate Emergency it declared in July 2019. A Freedom of Information Act (1) request made by Manchester Climate Monthly can reveal that … Continue reading
The Leader’s Blog – the plot… thins? Comments remain non-existent. #Manchester #democracy
In October the chap who has been leader of Manchester City Council for 23 – yes, twenty three – years, wrote a blog post called “How Green is My City.” Yes, “his” city. No achingly-revealing Freudian slip there, whatsoever…. It … Continue reading
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Congrats @Home_Mcr bosses- poster children for #Manchester #greenwash at its most egregious
Let’s all give a big round of applause and a vote of thanks to the bosses of HOME, Manchester arts cinema etc. In one easy move they’ve managed to- Shred the (admittedly limited) credibility of the Manchester Culture Awards Shred … Continue reading
Filming #Manchester Council meetings IS allowed, despite what you are told.
The tl:dr – chairs of committees and senior officers of Manchester City Council receive NO training in the rights of citizens to film meetings. If they make claims about filming that mean citizens are misinformed of their rights, there is … Continue reading
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Upcoming event: Innovation and #climate change, #Manchester 26/27 November
So this below (click here to register) is coming up. Before we get there- The following is worth noting- There is no email list for people in Manchester to hear about stuff the Council is putting on to do with … Continue reading
Breaking: Zero carbon date for #Manchester to be discussed. Transparently and openly? Well, it depends on your definition…
The Executive of Manchester City Council WILL receive a ‘zero carbon by when?’ report this year. Speaking today at the City Council’s Neighbourhoods and Environment Scrutiny Committee (1), Councillor Annette Wright (2) stated “I’ve confirmed with the Leader [Richard Leese] … Continue reading
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Formal complaint about the behavoiur of Richard Leese, to #Manchester City Council
The following complaint about the actions of the Leader of Manchester City Council has been submitted on Sunday 3rd November. The Monitoring Officer, Chief Executive’s Department, Town Hall, Manchester M60 2LA or demserv@manchester.gov.uk 3rd November 2019 Dear Sir/Madam, Re: … Continue reading
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