| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Heathrow R3 | |
| Posted by: | Claudia Jachtmann | |
| Date/Time: | 10/12/15 22:42:00 |
| excerpt from 'Aviation Environment Federation (AEF)[1], a national NGO campaigning on the environmental impacts of flying, believe that a decision in support of expansion is premature without knowing whether important environmental questions can be answered.' 'Heathrow is one of the biggest sources of CO2 emissions in the UK and people living around the airport are already subject to aircraft noise and pollution levels that impair their health. Yet the Airports Commission failed to show, in two years of work, how a new runway could be compatible with key Government commitments on air pollution and climate change [2]. Is history repeating itself? Ten years ago, the then Government gave its support to Heathrow expansion but said it needed to be confident that air quality laws wouldn’t be breached. But the improvements necessary to meet this condition never materialised and some roads around Heathrow still breach legal air quality limits today with just two runways.' full reaction here : http://www.aef.org.uk/2015/12/10/government-delays-runway-decision-aef-reaction/ |