by Andy Parkinson | Jun 23, 2021 | Natural Environment
The National Trust is in the early stages of a project to bring Manchester’s Castlefield viaduct back into use, transforming the disused railway line into a green oasis above the city. Built in 1892, the viaduct was used to carry heavy rail traffice out of...
by Andy Parkinson | Jun 22, 2021 | Transport
Greater Manchester has published its final clean air plan to kick-start the city region’s green revolution, helping to tackle the problem of air pollution, which contributes towards at least 1,200 deaths per year in the city-region. Greater Manchester has...
by Andy Parkinson | Jun 14, 2021 | Natural Environment
A local expert known as the ‘Mancunian birder’ is on a mission to find a symbolic bird to represent every one of Greater Manchester’s ten boroughs. James Walsh, a bird expert, founder of the Greater Manchester Birding City Region Project, and author of the Mancunian...
by Andy Parkinson | Jun 13, 2021 | Smart Energy
A planning application has gone in for new social housing on Silk Street, Newton Heath in Manchester, bringing a long-term brownfield site back into use. The properties will include 36 one-bedroom apartments; 12 two-bedroom apartments; 17 two storey, three-bedroom...
by Andy Parkinson | Jun 10, 2021 | Green Innovation
Greater Manchester research into 2D materials supports innovation in building materials which could help to reduce the global construction industry’s carbon footprint. Concrete strengthened with graphene to make it more sustainable has been laid for the first time in...
