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Do we really need a third runway at Heathrow Airport? (1 viewing) (1) Guest
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TOPIC: Do we really need a third runway at Heathrow Airport?
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Do we really need a third runway at Heathrow Airport? 10 Months, 2 Weeks ago
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BURNING ISSUE
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Robin Oakley, senior climate campaigner at Greenpeace UK
FROM the way the aviation industry talks, you'd think that the entire British economy – Scotland included – was dependent on the building of a short strip of tarmac in West London. This is absurd.
If the runway is allowed to go ahead it will effectively sound Gordon Brown's surrender on climate change – the most important challenge that we, as a society and a country, face today. The government itself admits that 13 per cent of the UK's overall climate impact is related to our flying habit. But it is not just the flights we take today that are important; it is the unprecedented growth in climate pollution that the aviation industry and government are planning to allow over the coming years. This pollution is predicted to grow so much that by 2050, even if we took every car off the road, switched off all the lights and shut every power station, Britain would still miss its 2050 target – because of aviation emissions alone.
Full article from The Scotsman
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