Aviation

Trains, planes and Tory party policy

Posted by bex — 29 September 2008 at 11:52am - Comments

Yes!

Greenpeace saying Yes to the new high speed rail link to Europe last November © Rose/Greenpeace

We've been hearing likely sounding noises for a while now but today, the Conservatives have formally announced that they'd say no to a third runway at Heathrow, and yes to a high speed rail link between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds instead.

And so I find myself a bit befuddled to be wholeheartedly agreeing with a Tory party spokesperson, Theresa Villiers. She said:

Article tagged as: aviation, climate change, conservatives, heathrow, heathrow expansion

It's flashmob time again: stop expansion at Manchester Airport

Posted by jossc — 16 September 2008 at 12:10pm - Comments

Flashmob detail
The battle to win hearts and minds on the critical airport expansion issue continues apace. The latest group to take the field is in Manchester, where a flashmob is being organised to protest against the expansion of Heathrow, Manchester and all UK airports.

It's being called to coincide with the Labour Party Conference in Manchester and, in true flashmob fashion, will mysteriously manifest in Albert Square outside Manchester Town Hall on Tuesday 23rd September at 12.45pm sharp!

Article tagged as: airport expansion, aviation, climate change, co2 emissions, flash mobs, manchester

Climate actions in Gatwick, Essex and... Legoland?

Posted by jamie — 8 August 2008 at 11:39am - Comments

The Lego replica of Kingsnorth power station complete with 'Stop Climate Change' banner

The Lego replica of Kingsnorth power station complete with 'Stop Climate Change' banner © Hans Bricks

Not one, not two but at least three climate change-related happenings popped up around the country yesterday, many of them carried out by Climate Camp attendees. Although the camp is primarily focused on coal and the proposed new power station at Kingsnorth, today's activities also highlighted other climate threats such as aviation and biofuels. Here is just a taste of what's been happening:

Article tagged as: aviation, biofuels, climate camp, climate change, coal, direct actions, kingsnorth, plane stupid

Heathrow: what do we do if the worst comes to the worst and the government says yes?

Posted by bex — 4 July 2008 at 5:58pm - Comments

What do we do if the worst comes to the worst and the government says yes?

Special Conference on July 26th 

In recent news: The Arctic sea ice melt began significantly earlier this year than last year. UK's CO2 emissions higher than official figures, government admits. CO2 emissions up by nearly a fifth in 12 years. Avoiding climate change is affordable, says PWC.

And yet, still, the government plans to build new coal plants and, of course, new runways.

Article tagged as: aviation, climate camp, climate change, events, heathrow
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