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All that glitters isn’t gold: don’t be dazzled by Manchester City Council’s crown for climate action 

31 January, 2022 Simon 1 Comment

Manchester City Council (MCC) being crowned as top of the ‘single-tier’ councils in its response to climate change this week…

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Posted in: Carbon Budgets, Manchester City Council

MCC’s large scale renewable generation plan : a radical step towards decarbonisation?

20 January, 2022 Simon Leave a comment

Manchester City Council’s Environment & Climate Change Scrutiny Committee met last Thursday to review the business case for what it…

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Posted in: Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee

All filler, no chiller: ECC scrutiny committee gets lost in the weeds discussing Climate Change Action Plan Quarterly Progress Report

19 January, 2022 Simon Leave a comment

Thursday’s quarterly update on the Climate Change Action Plan did its job perfectly* Headline news is that from 2018/19 Manchester…

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Posted in: Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee

Important business but no sense of urgency at climate scrutiny

15 November, 2021 Simon Leave a comment

As world leaders were copping out in Glasgow, November’s Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee gave a similar vibe closer…

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Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee – A fractured yet forensic affair

13 September, 2021 Simon 3 Comments

September’s Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee meeting was the most fractured one yet. On the agenda was an annual…

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Posted in: Carbon Budgets, Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee, Manchester Climate Change Partnership, TeamSF, Uncategorized

What progress at Environment and Climate Scrutiny Committee? Imagine a swan, gliding upside down in water

27 July, 2021 Simon 1 Comment

The July meeting of the Environment and Climate Scrutiny Committee was a deflating experience, writes Simon Jermy for Team Scrutiny.  …

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Posted in: Carbon Budgets, Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee, TeamSF

Treading water before bigger discussions: Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee, 24 June 2021

28 June, 2021 Simon Leave a comment

Our reporter Simon Jermy summarises the updates provided at June’s ECCS, in anticipation of the big reports scheduled for next…

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Posted in: Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee, Scrutiny Committee Meetings, Uncategorized

Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee, Thursday 27 May 2021 by @simonjermy – New beginnings or Groundhog Day?

29 May, 2021 Simon 2 Comments

The first of Manchester City Council’s Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee met yesterday. Re-scoped to focus on the climate…

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Posted in: Scrutiny Committee Meetings

Neighbourhoods and Environment Scrutiny Committee,10 Mar 2021 by @simonjermy – Climate feast, famine and fairy tales

11 March, 2021 Simon Leave a comment

From an environmental perspective, if February’s NESC [see here and here] was a feast, this week’s meeting [agenda and livestream…

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🚨 STATEMENT ON VERDICT & WHAT YOU CAN DO 🚨

Firstly, we need you to read about these boys. Articles based on the prosecution’s racist narrative will try to tell you who they are.

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The Anti-Creep Climate Initiative, working with graphic designer Melody Keenan, has created Against the Ecofascist Creep, a web zine and teaching resource that exposes and debunks six “everyday ecofascist myths.” #envhum #ecofascism #zine https://www.asle.org/features/stemming-the-creep-of-ecofascism-a-primer/

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A talk next week with a researcher who 'examines the impacts of climate change on glacial activity and meltwater dynamics, as well as present-day Arctic glacier retreat'. Not heard much positive news on that recently! https://theconversation.com/ipcc-report-paints-catastrophic-picture-of-melting-ice-and-rising-sea-levels-and-reality-may-be-even-worse-124193

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One week until 'Climate, Biodiversity & a packet of crisps' first FREE SCIENCE TALK with @DrMeltwater Dr Kathryn Adamson at @KroBarOriginal Oxford Rd Manchester 17:30 on 25/05!
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Good thread on the use of language by local politicians to dampen social movement demands on climate and the environment. https://twitter.com/ClimateEmergMcr/status/1526860840380551169

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Good reporting by @josephtiman about this saga in which someone is now in intensive care. We really hope they recover. A few points of concern 🧵 https://twitter.com/MENnewsdesk/status/1526798119664492545

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Lib Dem councillor John Leech accuses Labour of breaking a long-standing consensus about members allowances. He says this was done to make it 'increasingly difficult' for the opposition to hold the ruling group to account #LDReporter

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