There has been some
reaction to the Manchester Green Party response to
reports that Manchester City Council had lied about the results of its Carbon Reduction Report,
spinning an increase in carbon emissions into a 7% reduction. One local
councillor described it as ‘petulant’ while conceding it as accurate.
The report, presented at
the Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Committee on July 16th, under pressure
from ‘Friends of the Earth’, other environmental groups and attending councillors forced the committee to
alter the report to accurately reflect the facts.
What this means is that
the Council’s target of reaching an interim...