Campaign group HACAN ClearSkies has praised the local authority organisation 2M (1) for publishing the likely flight paths to and from Heathrow if a third runway goes ahead (2) Continue reading “Flight Path Maps: Local authorities put the Department for Transport to shame”
Category: Press releases
Latest News at a Glance
On December 14th, the Department published its ‘Progress Report’ on its 2003 Aviation White Paper. It confirmed the expansionist plans of the White Paper. Continue reading “Latest News at a Glance”
Let Battle Commence!
Progress Report: 720 flights using Heathrow each year if a 3rd runway is built
HACAN members plan further direct action training Continue reading “Let Battle Commence!”
Progress Report on Aviation White Paper Set to Confirm Government’s Desire for 3rd Runway at Heathrow
Campaigners promise ‘mother of all battles.
The Government is expected to confirm its desire to see a 3rd runway built at Heathrow when it issues its ‘Progress Report’ on its 2003 Aviation White Paper this week (1). Continue reading “Progress Report on Aviation White Paper Set to Confirm Government’s Desire for 3rd Runway at Heathrow”
Short-Haul Flights: Clogging up Heathrow’s Runways
The number of flights using Heathrow could be cut by around 100,000 a year if there were no flights to and from the destinations where there already is a good rail alternative, according to research released today (1) by campaign group HACAN ClearSkies. Continue reading “Short-Haul Flights: Clogging up Heathrow’s Runways”
It would be a ‘climate crime’ to expand Heathrow in light of new report, say campaigners
Heathrow campaigners said it would be a ‘climate crime’ to expand Heathrow in the light off the new report (1) by Sir Nicholas Stern calling on the Government to take immediate action to tackle climate change. The widely-leaked report, commissioned by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Continue reading “It would be a ‘climate crime’ to expand Heathrow in light of new report, say campaigners”
Living Under a Sky of Sound
Lack of Alternation Leaves West London Reeling
On 9th September BAA began maintenance work, due to last 10 weeks, on the northern runway at Heathrow. It means that no planes can take off from the runway. Continue reading “Living Under a Sky of Sound”
Are the UK’s aviation and climate change policies impossible bed-fellows?
A report launched today by the University of Oxford presents new evidence,
which shows to what extent the Government’s policies on aviation fly in the
face of policies on climate change. It says that by 2050, carbon dioxide
emissions Continue reading “Are the UK’s aviation and climate change policies impossible bed-fellows?”
Government Consultation on Runway Alternation Postponed for a Second Time
The Government has postponed for a second time the consultation on its controversial plans to end runway alternation in West London (1). Continue reading “Government Consultation on Runway Alternation Postponed for a Second Time”
AIRPORT DEMO: 25 IN COURT
By Nadeem Hanif
Leicester Mercury – 10:15 – 07 October 2006
Protesters arrested at a demonstration on an airport runway have said they are the last generation that could prevent climate change.