Category Archives: agma
Statement re: “Manchester Airport on Trial”
For more information about the case of two groups of activists on trial for actions they are alleged to have taken in May 2010, see their website. MCFly was promised (twice, and personally) statements from the Press Team at Manchester … Continue reading
Climate Change Strategy for Greater Manchester
The production of a Greater Manchester Climate Change Strategy has been agreed by the “Association of Greater Manchester Authorities” (AGMA) at its September meeting. This will collate existing theme and district plans into a single strategy which will underpin the … Continue reading
Environment Commission marches on…
On the 18 March, the AGMA-level Environment commission met up to discuss various issues such as the progress of their programme and the Low Carbon Economic Area (LCEA) delivery plan. Led by Keith Davidson, the LCEA for the Built Environment … Continue reading
Environment Commission- announcement imminent
Sometime (very) soon, there will be an announcment about the Environment Commission, the Manchester-wide body that will sit alongside 6 other commissions on health, transport, public protection etc.The Environment Commission will (sort of) hold the AGMA Executive’s feet to the … Continue reading
Scoop! Environment Commissioners not being appointed yet
The Environment Commission for Greater Manchester will have to wait a little longer for its first meeting as a full body. Six members of the 11 commissioner group have been appointed, and have already met once, but five others are … Continue reading
Update on AGMA’s Environment Commission
MCFly has been reliably informed by AGMA bods that the Environment Commission’s first meeting will now be on the 7th of April, NOT in ‘February or early March’ as they previously announced (see MCFly 17 for background info). By then, … Continue reading
MCFly 017- Environment Commission: a work in progress
A new Greater Manchester-wide body will be a key part of the political ecosystem that climate campaigners work in. The “Environment Commission” is one of seven such outfits that will work across the city region, and report to the Association … Continue reading
No Country for Old MEN
Below is a section of the minutes from the AGMA Executive Board meeting of 30th January 2009, held at the Town Hall, Bury. (What’s ‘AGMA’?- see below.) “The meeting received a presentation from Paul Horrocks and Mark Dobson of Manchester … Continue reading
MCFly 012- Climate Change Foundation
MCFly spoke to one of its people with the Finger on the Pulse (or legume- we’re not really sure) about the very new “Climate Change Foundation (CCF)”, a potential new source of money for climate change action in Greater Manchester. … Continue reading
