Author Archives: dwighttowers
Manchester Climate Monthly is alive!!
The same people who brought you Manchester Climate Fortnightly are setting up Manchester Climate Monthly. It will publish on the first Monday of the month, but already there is a growing website over here. You can hit the subscribe button, … Continue reading
Reasons to be cheerful: No more MCFly.
Sorry, thought I had left a “closed” message on this site. The last MCFly (issue 61) was published on November 14, 2010. The editor flew (yes, flew) to Australia, and nobody else was interested in learning the ropes. Goodnight and … Continue reading
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
Manchester Evening News on Climate Change
Recently the editor of MCFly and David Ottewell had an online exchange about the quality and quantity of the MEN’s coverage of Climate Change. It ended with a cyber-flounce and a request from MCFly that – if ‘trawling through the … Continue reading
Steady (state) on old chaps – Manchester City Council to investigate steady-state economics
The Green City Team at Manchester City Council has committed to producing a report on the implications of a ‘steady-state’ economy for Manchester. No date has been given for the publication of the report, which will be tabled to the … Continue reading
Open letter to the Labour Party concerning Mary Murphy
Dear Sir/Madam re: behaviour of Cllr Mary Murphy (Hulme ward) I am writing to you about the behaviour of one of the elected members of the Labour Party. As you will be aware, Mary Murphy circulated an article from “Manchester … Continue reading
MCFly 61
There, done. 8 pages of the blighter, with a bile-filled supplement about… well, I wouldn’t want to spoil it for you both. Download as a pdf, or read it below as a scribd document.
What all these reports and action plans will REALLY be useful for…
Marc Roberts‘ latest cartoon (vastly improved, as usual, from a mediocre script by me – see below). Frank is looking out the window of his house, yelling “Hurry up Zorro, that wave is coming right at us – we’ll all … Continue reading
Labour Councillor gets away with it
Labour Councillor Mary Murphy has escaped any punishment for substantially altering and then circulating a MCFly story about the Hulme by-election (see details here and here). On October 21st, following a formal complaint by MCFly, a ‘Code of Conduct for … Continue reading
SIGN UP FOR CITY COUNCIL’S NOV 30th CONFERENCE
This has today been put on the website for the November 30th conference. If your organisation could make a positive contribution at this year’s conference and you’ve not yet had an invite, then please email to register for a place. … Continue reading
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