Category: Press releases
GOVERNMENT’S HEATHROW EXPANSION PLANS IN TATTERS AS JUDGE SLAMS RUNWAY POLICY
Councils, green groups and residents celebrate victory and call on Government to scrap third runway
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Government’s High-Speed Rail Scheme: ‘an expensive white elephant; not a green solution’
Scheme should be ‘shunted into the sidings’ Continue reading “Government’s High-Speed Rail Scheme: ‘an expensive white elephant; not a green solution’”
Aircraft noise is no longer just a West London problem. A major study outlines why things have changed and what can be done about it.
A major study has been published by HACAN which outlines practical measures which would reduce aircraft noise for countless numbers of people living under the Heathrow arrivals flight paths. Continue reading “Aircraft noise is no longer just a West London problem. A major study outlines why things have changed and what can be done about it.”
Department for Transport civil servants face criminal investigation over missing Heathrow emails
Civil servants from the Department for Transport (DfT) are facing a criminal investigation over missing emails about the consultation into the expansion of Heathrow.
GLA Committee says Government’s Heathrow 3rd Runway conditions ‘not fit for purpose’
In a damming report published today the GLA Environment Committee said that the conditions the Government put in place to limit the impact of a third runway at Heathrow on noise,
Aviation White Paper ‘Dead in the Water’
Campaigners call on Government to drop its ‘fantasy’ third runway at Heathrow. Continue reading “Aviation White Paper ‘Dead in the Water’”
COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE SETS OUT OPTIONS TO MEET THE UK’S AVITAION EMISSIONS TARGET
A report from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) published today Continue reading “COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE SETS OUT OPTIONS TO MEET THE UK’S AVITAION EMISSIONS TARGET”
Celebrities and Politicians Plant Trees on Site of Proposed Third Runway
David Cameron and Nick Clegg both sponsor trees. Continue reading “Celebrities and Politicians Plant Trees on Site of Proposed Third Runway”
BAA Surrender on Third Runway Heathrow
BAA has accepted that plans for a third runway will be scrapped if the Conservatives win the next General Election (1). Continue reading “BAA Surrender on Third Runway Heathrow”