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Council spends £200m on tackling climate change – but the city's still off track cutting carbon emissions
19.02.2022 - 13:03 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester council is spending almost £200m towards tackling climate change.
Some of the money has already been used to buy electric bin wagons, installing solar panels on publicly-owned buildings and upgrading street lights.
The council is also planning to plant more trees and create new green spaces.
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And the local authority is also looking to purchase a solar farm that would generate enough electricity to power all of its buildings across the city.
It comes as the council aims to halve carbon emissions in Manchester over the next five years in a bid to become completely zero carbon no later than 2038.
The town hall has cut its own emissions by a fifth in the last financial year – but it is only directly responsible for 3 to 5 pc of the total emissions across the city.
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Last week, councillors on the environment and climate change scrutiny committee accused the authority of 'failing very badly' on its wider ambitions.
Labour councillor Linda Foley told the public meeting that the council is 'failing the young people of this city' by falling short of the 'very challenging' targets.
She said: "All I can reiterate
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