| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Heathrow - Panorama Monday : Friends in High Places | |
| Posted by: | Mike Russell | |
| Date/Time: | 20/07/08 17:52:00 |
| "According to DEFRA, the UK will need to apply for a derogation – a temporary exemption – on the targets set under the EC Air Quality Directive to reduce pollution because it is unlikely to meet them. Even without the proposed expansion of Heathrow, air pollution in the residential areas around Heathrow currently exceeds the average annual limit for nitrogen dioxide prescribed in the Directive, and is therefore highly unlikely to be able to meet the new limit value of 40 micrograms per cubic metre by 2010 if additional aircraft movements are permitted.' http://www.carolinelucasmep.org.uk/2008/07/14/south-east-green-mep-in-talks-with-european-commissioner-over-heathrow-and-air-quality/ So after all the bluster that they would consider expansion only if strict environmental conditions could be met, they've decided to seek to relax those conditions. |