Support AirportWatch - demand a rethink! of aviation policy
Robin Peter | 25.07.2006 13:58 | Ecology
The Government is publishing a 'progress report' this year on an aviation policy that would wreck the UK's climate targets, inflict more noise and traffic on more and more people and concrete over acres of countryside. Demand a rethink of this crazy policy at www.rethink.airportwatch.org.uk
www.rethink.airportwatch.org.uk
Three years ago, the Government set out a massive programme of airport expansion to cater for a near trebling of air passengers by 2030. If they bear fruit, these proposals will
- wreck the UK's climate targets: aviation is on course to take up ALL the CO2 we can 'safely' emit in the next 30-40 years
- expose another 200,000 people to unacceptable levels of noise (despite a promise to reduce the number from the current half a million...)
- worsen congestion and air pollution around airports, with several new roads and road widenings proposed
- destroy acres of ancient woodland and other green belt sites as well as numerous historic buildings.
This year, the Government is due to "report progress" on these policies, but we say nothing less than a total rethink! will do.
Make your voice heard by taking the 2-minute e-mail action at www.rethink.airportwatch.org.uk
AirportWatch is an alliance of national environmental groups and residents at airports across the UK.
Three years ago, the Government set out a massive programme of airport expansion to cater for a near trebling of air passengers by 2030. If they bear fruit, these proposals will
- wreck the UK's climate targets: aviation is on course to take up ALL the CO2 we can 'safely' emit in the next 30-40 years
- expose another 200,000 people to unacceptable levels of noise (despite a promise to reduce the number from the current half a million...)
- worsen congestion and air pollution around airports, with several new roads and road widenings proposed
- destroy acres of ancient woodland and other green belt sites as well as numerous historic buildings.
This year, the Government is due to "report progress" on these policies, but we say nothing less than a total rethink! will do.
Make your voice heard by taking the 2-minute e-mail action at www.rethink.airportwatch.org.uk
AirportWatch is an alliance of national environmental groups and residents at airports across the UK.
Robin Peter
e-mail:
iamrobinpeter@yahoo.com