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Alex King is a freelance journalist based in Manchester.
Corporate fossil fuel giants are lobbying the UK government to have the national grid converted to hydrogen – but their plans guarantee further carbon emissions and block any efforts towards net zero.
After 85 days on strike, Manchester’s bus drivers have forced corporate giant Go Ahead to abandon its plans to fire and rehire almost 500 workers – it’s a victory not only for them, but for workers across the country.
A new project in Manchester helps laid-off theatre workers use their skills to retrofit homes to make them carbon neutral. It’s the latest example of communities stepping up where the government has failed.