Heathrow

Sign the 'no third runway' petition on Number 10's website

Posted by jamie — 16 January 2009 at 4:51pm - Comments

The land bought by Greenpeace on the site of the planned third runway

One day, all this will be yours... No wait, it already is!
© Rezac/Greenpeace

I meant to set up one of these yesterday but never quite got round to it, so I'm really pleased to see someone else (thanks, David Morgan!) has set up a Heathrow petition on the Number 10 website. If you're itching for another way to vent your anger at the government's appalling decision, sign it now.

Article tagged as: airplot, aviation, climate change, heathrow, number 10, transport

Video: Emma gets mad while MP gets suspended over Heathrow

Posted by jamie — 15 January 2009 at 7:38pm - Comments

The (let's not beat about the bush here) insane decision to approve a third runway at Heathrow has caused passions to flare in some rather startling ways. Emma Thompson (who you may remember is one of the four names on the deeds to our Airplot) pulled out all the stops on the ITN lunchtime news. Be warned: this video contains the word "egregious".

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Announcement on Heathrow expected tomorrow

Posted by jamie — 14 January 2009 at 7:41pm - Comments

So we've heard that, at long last and after much faffing around, the government will finally announce its decision on that third runway tomorrow. I have to add the 'probably' caveat as it's been delayed many times before but I doubt anyone will be slack-jawed if they give Heathrow expansion a big thumbs-up.

Despite the enormity of this decision, and the ramifications for people around the world, Gordon Brown has refused to promise a vote in the Commons on the issue. John Randall MP referred back to the day Plane Stupid sat on the roof of the house when he waggishly reminded Brown what he said at the time.

Article tagged as: airplot, aviation, climate change, gordon brown, government, heathrow, third runway

The Climate Rush heads for Heathrow

Posted by jossc — 6 January 2009 at 11:21am - Comments

Climate Rush Heathrow With the government's long-delayed decision on a third runway at Heathrow rumoured to be imminent, the intrepid women and men of the Climate Rush will be making their suffragette-inspired opposition felt at the airport next week.

MPs return from their winter holiday on Monday 12 January, so that evening at 7pm the Climate Rushers will hit Heathrow Terminal 1 for a peaceful picnic. Terminal 1, for those not familiar with the airport, deals principally with domestic flights, the sort of short-haul journeys which could easily be made by other, less climate-wrecking forms of transport. And they are inviting all of us who are fed up with the obvious lack of action on this most serious of issues to join them.

Article tagged as: aviation, climate change, climate rush, heathrow, heathrow expansion, suffragettes
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