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Category: Manchester City Council

“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

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

31 January, 2022 Simon 2 Comments

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

New Leader’s speech on climate emergency: the good, the bad & the contradictory

6 December, 2021 Robbie 1 Comment

When Councillor Bev Craig became Leader on 1st December, she gave a speech to the full Council, part of which…

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Posted in: Bev Craig, Manchester City Council

Climate campaigners look at the hypocrisies of #Manchester carbon budget and the Airport’s growth plans

2 December, 2021 Adam 2 Comments

A new report calls on Manchester City Council (MCC) to introduce a moratorium on further airport expansion (including car park…

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Posted in: Briefing Papers, Carbon Budgets, Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee, Manchester Airport, Manchester City Council, Manchester Climate Change Partnership

More COP CRAP from #Manchester City Council – predictable silence on carbon budget blow out

30 October, 2021 Marc Hudson 2 Comments

As predicted, Manchester City Council is trying to spin its abject failure to lead on carbon emissions reductions as something…

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Posted in: Manchester City Council

Manchester City Council and Carbon Literacy – zero target, zero transparency

27 October, 2021 Marc Hudson Leave a comment

Manchester City Council  continues to fail on getting its elected members and officers to undertake carbon literacy training, displaying zero …

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Posted in: Manchester City Council

Council has no written guidelines for accuracy of its tweets. (#Climate bullshit challenged)

21 October, 2021 Marc Hudson 2 Comments

On 29th September the following grotesquely misleading Tweet was sent out into the world, to bamboozle and soothe. Reader, this…

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Posted in: Manchester City Council

Letter in the MEN calling on new leader to … show leadership on #climate in #Manchester

29 September, 2021 Marc Hudson Leave a comment

CEM released an open letter to the four candidates to be the next leader of Manchester City Council yesterday. It…

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Posted in: Manchester City Council

Please contact #Manchester councillors about new leader’s #climate priorities

28 September, 2021 Chloe 2 Comments

On Tuesday 5th October the first new leader for twenty-five years of Manchester City Council will be decided behind closed…

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Posted in: Manchester City Council

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