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How Manchester City Council is making its festive programme more sustainable

How Manchester City Council is making its festive programme more sustainable

by Nikki Brown | Dec 9, 2022 | Sustainable Living, Uncategorized

Manchester City Council has promised that this year’s festive programme will be the most environmentally sustainable yet as the city works to become carbon neutral by 2038. New measures are in place to reduce the carbon footprint of the much-loved Christmas Markets,...
University of Manchester and National Grid named Best Innovation in Net Zero

University of Manchester and National Grid named Best Innovation in Net Zero

by Nikki Brown | Dec 7, 2022 | Green Innovation

National Grid and The University of Manchester’s collaborative work to developing a retrofill solution to replace SF6 gas has been named ‘Best Innovation in Net Zero and Sustainability’ at the E&T Innovation Awards. SF6 is a gas commonly used in the power...
Two Greater Manchester Universities make top 10 of the UK’s most sustainable universities

Two Greater Manchester Universities make top 10 of the UK’s most sustainable universities

by Nikki Brown | Dec 6, 2022 | Sustainable Living

Manchester Metropolitan University and University of Salford have been named in the top ten the UK’s leading sustainable universities in the People & Planet University League. Finishing third in this year’s League means that Manchester Metropolitan University has...
Manchester is one of 123 global cities named climate action leader on CDP 2022 A List

Manchester is one of 123 global cities named climate action leader on CDP 2022 A List

by Nikki Brown | Nov 17, 2022 | Blog

Manchester has been recognised by CDP as one of 123 cities across the globe that is taking bold leadership on environmental action and transparency, despite the pressures of a challenging global economic situation. Greater Manchester is one of only 12% of cities...
Electric wires installed to power greener trains in Greater Manchester

Electric wires installed to power greener trains in Greater Manchester

by Nikki Brown | Nov 15, 2022 | Transport

Electric wires that will power faster, cleaner, and more reliable trains have been installed between Manchester and Stalybridge. The wires are the initial step towards plans for fully electric local services between Manchester and Stalybridge by the middle of the...
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