Tag Archives: aviation

Manchester Airport – the concrete shadow spreads – News – The Ecologist

Posted on 24 February, 2014 by

Airport centric urban sprawl is metastasizing overgreen space, locking in reliance on fossil fuel intensive infrastructure. Manchester Airport – the concrete shadow spreads – News – The Ecologist CLICK TO READ FULL ARTICLE. An excellent article in the Ecologist exposes … Continue reading →

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A viable economy in Greater Manchester? ….. airport city?

Posted on 27 November, 2013 by

Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council, has a blog where he regularly posts his news and thoughts.  His latest is a vindication of the Greater Manchester Strategy and aviation-led economic growth, greatly dependent on China’s economy it seems. … Continue reading →

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Steady State Manchester discussion paper on transport infrastructure #HS2

Posted on 19 September, 2013 by

Investing in Transport Infrastructure: Notes from Steady State Manchester. read it here: transport paper SSM Sept 2013 In recent weeks and months there has been much debate about the UK government’s plan to build a high speed railway from London … Continue reading →

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Can the Train Take the Strain? Sustainable Inter-Regional Travel

Posted on 4 September, 2013 by

Sustainable Inter-Regional Travel – Can the Train Take the Strain?  UPDATE:  SSM discussion paper on investing in transport infrastructure. Now available HERE A discussion paper by Dominic McCann   Click here for the report: Long Distance and Inter-Regional Travel final (second … Continue reading →

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Until we get a proper tax on carbon we need to keep Air Passenger Duty

Posted on 1 July, 2013 by

Keep #APD – the counter-campaign Until we get a proper tax on carbon we need to keep Air Passenger Duty to discourage unnecessary flying. Download this as a 2-page campaign leaflet There had been straws in the wind and now … Continue reading →

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The supposed economic benefit of aviation expansion

Posted on 25 June, 2013 by

25/6/13: 15.48 – links corrected and working now. Further to our counter-campaign on Air Passenger Duty, here is the argument that expansion of aviation does not inevitably lead to stimulation of the economy (which in any case is not necessarily … Continue reading →

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Oppose the campaign to abolish Air Passenger Duty

Posted on 20 June, 2013 by

There have been straws in the wind and now there is a concerted campaign to abolish Air Passenger Duty (APD) – see http://www.afairtaxonflying.org/ (sorry you’ll have to copy and paste – we don’t want to help them too much!)The campaign … Continue reading →

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There they go again – growth, airport. GM budget. SSM’s initial response. (now with an update – 20 March, 2013)

Posted on 14 March, 2013 by

The first Greater Manchester budget has just appeared.  We need some time to digest it, but having seen the MEN reports (here) and (here) this is yet more orthodox thinking – a mixture of wishful thinking and denial. Here is … Continue reading →

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