Manchester City Council’s plans to fell what protesters claim could be up to 400 trees in Alexandra Park have been challenged by local residents since they were unveiled in December 2012. Despite this, felling went ahead before being halted this week by local opponents who have occupied the park to make themselves heard.
Major developer Peel Holdings’ fiercely-opposed plan for a biomass incinerator in Trafford is going before a public inquiry billed by campaigners as the “last chance” to halt the plant from today, Tuesday 12 November.
Locals and activists will take part in a Wildlife Walk in protest against the development of former greenbelt land on this Saturday 3rd November, as part of the Stop Expansion at Manchester Airport (SEMA) campaign.
The park conservation group Friends of Platt Fields will hold an open meeting this Saturday to debate whether the South Manchester park can sustain the impact of hosting large events without more done to care for it.
Activists from African trade unions and third world debt campaign groups will tomorrow speak at a meeting in Manchester held to debate how we can move past charity and connect with global struggles for justice.
Ryanair had to cancel a marketing event at the University of Manchester Students Union earlier this week after students dismantled their promotional stall in protest against the company’s record on the environment and workers’ rights.
Nearly 50 years after permission was first granted to extract peat from Chat Moss, both Salford and Wigan Council refused on environmental grounds to renew William Sinclair Horticulture Ltd’s licence to continue extraction. Sinclair has appealed the decision to both councils, and a Public Inquiry has been launched to decide on the 10,000 year old moss land’s future.
