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New councillors, new pledges! New hope for climate action in Manchester?

10 May, 2021 Robbie 5 Comments

Tl:dr – The 2021 elections are over, while the climate crisis continues. It’s a council of 94 Labour, 1 Lib…

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The Local Plan (consultation) is coming. Here’s what we didn’t get to say

15 January, 2020 Marc Hudson 2 Comments

Who gets to speak? Who doesn’t? Who isn’t heard when they do?  All good questions about democracy in Manchester… The…

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Posted in: Greater Manchester Combined Authority Filed under: Executive meetings, Local Plan

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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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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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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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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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