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Solar powered flights: the future of aviation?
Valentina Jovanovski
19th May, 2011
Last Friday saw the successful completion of the world’s first international solar-powered flight. But, asks Valentina Jovanovski, will this innovation really change the face of air travel or is it just another white elephant? more...
City Airport expansion highlights scale of aviation dilemma
Mark Jansen
21st January, 2011
As the UK government deliberates its new aviation policy campaigners warn that moves to approve airport expansion would put climate targets at risk more...
High Court battle over London City Airport expansion
Tom Levitt
18th November, 2010
Campaign group Fight the Flights begins a High Court challenge to overturn Newham Council's decision to almost double the number of flights from 73,000 to 120,000 a year more...
Mangroves vs airport: Mumbai's development battle
1st June, 2010
Ambika Hiranandani and Tom Levitt
Plans for a new international airport in the coastal city of Mumbai will destroy yet more of its mangrove ecosystems, and there are fears the deal has already been closed more...
Heathrow aiport expansion will result in £5 billion loss
Ecologist
19th April, 2010
Calculations on the cost of building a third runway at Heathrow are outdated and do not make economic sense says a new report more...
Heathrow protesters win third runway court victory
Owen Bowcott and agencies
26th March, 2010
High court rules that decision to expand Heathrow airport must be reconsidered in respect to UK climate change policy more...
Using art to highlight the madness of Heathrow
Laura Sevier
22nd October
The plight of a village set to be demolished to make way for Heathrow's third runway is the inspiration behind Hester Berry's exhibition of paintings on show in a London gallery more...
London council taken to court over City airport expansion
Ecologist
29th September, 2009
London City Airport has been allowed to double the number of flights despite environmental impact more...
BAA seek injunction against… almost everyone
News
2nd August, 2008
BAA are seeking “arguably one of the most wide-ranging injunctions ever” against the Camp for Climate Action, environmental campaigners told the Ecologist today. more...
Getting on the ‘risk list’
Joss Garman
18th June, 2008
Elected councillors iin West London have been put on a ‘risk list’ of those posing a threat to Heathrow’s proposed third runway. more...
BAA win high court battle - or did they?
Vivienne Raper
9th August, 2007
Did the BAA or the protestors win a High Court order banning climate change demonstrators from Heathrow airport?more...
Sweeping emissions under the carpet
Peter Lockley
9th August, 2007
International aviation is the UK’s fastest-growing source of carbon emissions, and yet the government isn't even accounting for them. Peter Lockley explains why we urgently need to call a halt to airport expansion more...
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Open Skies?
John Stewart
29th March, 2007
Late last week, the UK signed up to an historic contract between the EU and the US. Known as the EU Open Skies deal, it lifts restrictions on the number of airlines which can operate transatlantic flights from Europe to the US. John Stewart, the Chair of the charity AirportWatch, explains why this is a deal from a bygone age with an horrific cost for the planet... more...
100-fold planned increase in Kent flights
News
8th February, 2007
Local communities in Dungeness, Kent, are facing a 100-fold increase in flights to and from Lydd Airport on Romney Marsh. more...
Stansted plans announced: To be bigger than Heathrow
News
31st January, 2007
Today BAA, the UK airport operator, announced its plans for a second terminal at Stansted airport. The plans, backed by the Department of Transport and costing £2.2 billion, will allow Stansted to carry an additional 33 million passengers by 2030 giving it a total of 68 million passengers a year - larger than Heathrow today. more...
Downing Street Demonstration: Leo Hickman, Plane Stupid
Leo Hickman
16th November, 2006
“Hot on the heels of the Stern report and Tony Blair’s grave warning that we only have ten years left to tackle climate change, the Department of Transport is due to publish a progress report on its 2003 Aviation White Paper, some time before the end of the year. more...
On a wing and a prayer
David West
1st September, 2005
The government insists that Britain needs to massively expand its airports to cope with arapidly growing aviation industry. In actual fact, the sector’s boom years could be over more...
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