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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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Not #Manchester; Reality Check on Paris – “This Changes Nothing”
Clive Spash got monstered a few years back in Australia, for simply telling the truth. Some (Labor) politicians did not like this. Well, he’s clearly not learnt his lesson, because he’s telling the truth again. For a Manchester take on … Continue reading
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Only 2 of Labour’s 32 #Manchester candidates answer ‘green’ survey
[Manchester Climate Monthly does not endorse any political party. Its editor never has been a member of any political party.] Only two of the Labour Party’s 32 candidates for the upcoming local elections have bothered to answer questions put to … Continue reading
#Manchester Council throws cash at #climate group which breaks newsletter promise
Manchester City Council has given 70k in cash, and sent two staff to work full-time to a group that promised to produce newsletters and has not done so. Council Leader Richard Leese and Executive Member for the Environment Kate Chappell … Continue reading
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Fossil Free Greater #Manchester goals for 2016
1. What is the purpose of your group? (three or four sentences) Fossil Free Greater Manchester is asking Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) to divest £1.3bn of members’ pension money from fossil fuels. We are specifically requesting that they divest … Continue reading
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Upcoming Event: “Healthier Streets” 7th April
Manchester City Council can’t even listen to the cyclists it ‘consults’ with about cycle lanes. What hope is there for making them competent on the much bigger question of “Healthier Streets”? Maybe someone would like to ask this question on … Continue reading
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GM Low Carbon Hub meets on April Fools Day…#Manchester
The Greater Manchester Low Carbon Hub (LCH) is a partnership of local government, businesses and the third sector in Greater Manchester aiming to reduce Greater Manchester’s carbon footprint. It’s slightly pale, and very carbon illiterate. Its next meeting is on … Continue reading
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Only 2 of 6 “Scrutiny” chairs of #Manchester Council are carbon literate
Three of the six councillors who chair important* committees that are supposed to keep tabs on Manchester City Council have not completed either part of the “Carbon Literacy” training that has been on offer since 2013. One other has only … Continue reading
International Women’s Day – Berta Caceres, Judi Bari, etc.
Happy International Women’s Day. Normal service will resume tomorrow of course. Berta Caceres was murdered last week. The Honduran indigenous leader got between rich people andtheir money-making opportunities and paid the price, like at least 116 environmentalists in 2014. Friends of … Continue reading
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Fewer than half of #Manchester Council Executive ‘carbon literate’
Even Margaret Thatcher did better on climate change than Manchester City Council. In a 9 March 1989 editorial, the New York Times noted that “Last month Prime Minister Thatcher made her Cabinet sit through a day-long briefing on the greenhouse … Continue reading
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Job Alert: FoE NW Campaigner, #Manchester
Job opportunity: Friends of the Earth NW Campaigner (Part time) – based in Manchester Purpose of the Role: The role of Regional Campaigner is central to the ethos and delivery of Friends of the Earth’s campaigns. We work from the local to the global … Continue reading
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