[Netnews-action] Re: Netnews-action Digest, Vol 28, Issue 10

[lance and Barbara]

Hi
is someone pulling my leg or is this thing about Manchester leading the UK
carbon cutting program a serious suggestion?  Considering what Manchester
does best:-
Mania for economic growth
Manchester airport.
Beetham Tower/city high rise developments
unsustainable development in centre and suburbs
Road building schemes
M60
Plans to make Mcr a regional centre with accompanying centralisation and
associated commuting.
shoddy public transport
etc etc


And why is this being pitched as a competition.  It's the ethos of
competition that's driving climate change and driving environmental
destruction.   We need to create a climate of cooperation not competition.
Manchester and the UK government needs some deep fundemental change in
attitude  before it can
make any claim on putting  the world to right
best wishes
Lance crookes


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> {{{from latest MCC's "Green City Bulletin", contact: Paola Triolo
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> Manchester To Lead On UK Carbon Cutting Programme
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> Should we be putting gardens instead of roofs on top of buildings to cut
> power demand? If wind turbines were installed around the edges of new
> developments, how much cheaper would our power bills be? The answers to
> these questions are now within our grasp, as Manchester, along with the
> nine other members of the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities,
> becomes part of a unique partnership. The Low Carbon Cities Programme
> (LCCP) will work with the ten members of the Association of Greater
> Manchester Authorities to put in place a comprehensive plan to deliver
> on the challenge of climate change. Manchester is one of three UK cities
> selected by the government to develop a tailored action plan to slash
> CO2 emissions under a new scheme announced by Minister for Climate
> Change Joan Ruddock, with Manchester City Council's Green City Team
> helping to beat off stiff competition from other UK cities to sit
> alongside Bristol and Leeds as the Government's key partners. The pilot
> will aim to deliver on a groundbreaking new compact that highlights the
> leadership role cities need to take for the UK to deliver on climate
> change, and agrees key action areas to accelerate the rate at which we
> cut emissions and adapt to a changing climate. The lessons learned and
> plans developed in Manchester can then be deployed across the UK. Under
> the LCCP, the Carbon Trust and the Energy Saving Trust will work with
> Manchester to develop a significant GM wide-wide plan to achieve a low
> carbon economy which is both prosperous and sustainable. Manchester will
> share a £250,000 fund with Leeds and Bristol to plan new and innovative
> ways to achieve cuts in carbon emissions, including the generation of
> renewable energy and trigeneration (locally generating electricity, heat
> and cooling from a single source such as waste water or biomass). It
> will aim to make it easier for people to take action on climate change,
> by simplifying and improving measures that help residents, businesses
> and public agencies achieve and support low carbon lifestyles, and
> implement the practical actions needed to cut their carbon footprint.
> Emissions across Greater Manchester are currently over 19 million tonnes
> a year. In order to avoid climate change reaching catastrophic levels,
> those emissions need to be cut by as much as 6 million tonnes by 2020
> and this new city partnership will help quantify the impact of the many
> policies and initiatives already in place and identify the additional
> steps that public agencies, businesses and communities need to take in
> order to achieve this goal. The experience Manchester gains from the
> LCCP will be shared with other major UK cities and the lessons learned
> will help create examples of best practice which could be followed by
> all major urban conurbations. Another new programme from the UK Business
> Council for Sustainable Energy was announced to support the delivery of
> the plans, with millions of pounds available to implement practical
> measures to tackle climate change. The UK BCSE will be running a series
> of events around the UK to help identify and deliver on opportunities
> for major carbon cuts.
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