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Author: Adam

Ambitious goals and big pictures: the gaps in Greater Manchester’s green strategy

1 September, 2022 Adam Leave a comment

After a bit of a summer break, this month sees Hannah Ballard of Team Scrutiny delve into the world of…

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Posted in: Carbon Budgets, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Scrutiny Committee Meetings, TeamSF

Environment & Climate Change Scrutiny Committee evolves for the better, but many members struggle to understand the complexity of the papers and language used

11 July, 2022 Adam Leave a comment

Manchester City Council’s Environment & Climate Change Scrutiny Committee is in its second municipal year since it was repurposed following…

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Posted in: Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee, Operation Scrutiny, TeamSF

On Windrush Day does Manchester City Council actually stand with the Windrush generation? Two press releases in a year might say otherwise…

22 June, 2022 Adam Leave a comment

The ongoing embers of the Windrush scandal continue to glow along with the legacy of British colonialism known as the…

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Posted in: Climate Justice

MCC staff carbon literacy rates drifting like a supertanker waiting to explode or be rescued by a rich oil drenched kingdom #fsosafer

13 June, 2022 Adam 1 Comment

Carbon literacy of elected members and MCC officers has been a perennial bee in the bonnet of a former member…

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Posted in: Manchester City Council, Things That Won't Save Us

At the time of writing, we cannot find our own arses with both hands and a map – how organised is GMCA?

4 May, 2022 Adam Leave a comment

GMCA is the combined authority across all 10 local authority areas of Greater Manchester it is governed by Mayor Andy…

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“The war on talent” and its unfortunate victim – carbon budgets: Economy Scrutiny Committee Thursday, 10th March, 2022

14 March, 2022 Adam 1 Comment

The phrase “war on talent” slipped out of the Chief Financial Officer of Manchester Airports Group as they described the…

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Posted in: Economy Scrutiny Committee, Manchester Airport, Manchester City Council, Scrutiny Committee Meetings, TeamSF

Ghost flights and fair flights: CEM’s briefing note to the Economy Scrutiny Committee asks searching questions about its future role in the economy of Manchester

8 March, 2022 Adam Leave a comment

Climate Emergency Manchester has produced a short briefing note about Manchester Airport and its future economic role within the city…

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Posted in: Briefing Papers, Economy Scrutiny Committee, Manchester Airport, Manchester City Council

Storm Franklin, flood warnings and more evacuation orders

21 February, 2022 Adam Leave a comment

It is 13 months to the day since we experienced the worst of Storm Christoph where the River Mersey was…

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CEM finds itself on TV talking for 30 seconds about clean air last night on @GranadaReports

4 February, 2022 Adam Leave a comment

One of our CEM colleagues Chloe was invited onto “Granada Reports”, to talk about the Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone.…

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Posted in: Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Uncategorized

Aviation turkeys won’t vote for Christmas and limit demand for flying during December’s Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee

14 December, 2021 Adam 2 Comments

The turkeys known as the UK aviation sector have come up with their own ‘ambitious and exciting’ plan to Christmas…

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