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Tag: Andy Burnham

Greater #Manchester Combined Authority has no petitions scheme. A FoIA…

16 April, 2019 Marc Hudson

On Saturday 13th April 2019 I sent this email to enquiries@greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk Dear Sir/Madam, Recently I enquired about whether the GMCA…

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ClimateEmergMcrClimate Emergency Manchester@ClimateEmergMcr·
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If you're looking for the real impact aviation has on global heating, you won't find it in the report going to the scrutiny committee @ManCityCouncil on Thursday 10am. It's not 2% of CO2, more like 3.5% see pic below. ty @carbonbrief 4 enlightening article & MMU's @davidslee3 pic

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ClimateEmergMcrClimate Emergency Manchester@ClimateEmergMcr·
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Manchester airport always seeks to grow, despite protests.

Swampy? Removed.
Elephant in the room? Conflicts of interest with Council stakes in the airport's finances.
Protestors on runway? Fined for trespass.
Local residents? Evicted and ignored.

https://bit.ly/mcc-airport

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ClimateEmergMcrClimate Emergency Manchester@ClimateEmergMcr·
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The group Stop Expansion at Manchester Airport was active in the early 2010s, campaigning against destruction of the land around the airport for business parks and car parks and offering scrutiny of Manchester Airports Group.

https://bit.ly/mcc-airport

http://stopmanchesterairport.blogspot.com/

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ClimateEmergMcrClimate Emergency Manchester@ClimateEmergMcr·
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Also in 2010, protestors brought an inflatable elephant to a meeting of Manchester City Council to point out that aviation emissions were not being taken seriously.

https://bit.ly/mcc-airport

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/airport-protesters-take-a-9ft-elephant-890052

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ClimateEmergMcrClimate Emergency Manchester@ClimateEmergMcr·
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In 2010, six protestors locked on at Manchester airport runway, surrounding an airbus with a sign reading stop all airport expansion, with hi-vis reading 'our climate, not your business'

http://bit.ly/mcc-airport

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/climate-change-protesters-close-airport-890268

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