Posted by jamie — 26 August 2009 at 12:17pm
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For as long as it's been pushing for an expanded Heathrow, BAA has been making exaggerated claims about the environmental impacts of a third runway. Now they, along with aviation lobbying group Future Heathrow, have been hauled up by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for making "misleading" claims about the levels of dirt, noise and air pollution a new runway will generate.
Posted by jamie — 7 August 2009 at 12:12pm
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After this week's high speed rail blinder, there's more good news on the road towards halting airport expansion. In the lofty legal realms of the High Court, a decision has been made to give the case against a third runway at Heathrow a public hearing. The case is being brought by an unprecedented coalition of groups, including Greenpeace, local councils, CPRE, HACAN, NoTRAG and WWF.
The government's plans to expand
Heathrow Airport were dealt another blow today following a High Court decision
that a hearing should be held to consider the case against the controversial
decision to build a third runway.
The Judge ruled that the case needed
to be heard in an open court given the significant public interest element and
the need for clarification over the Transport Secretary's statement to
Parliament in January in which he gave the green light to the third
runway.
Posted by jamie — 5 August 2009 at 3:16pm
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When the new Eurostar terminal opened at St Pancras in 2007, we gave it a big thumbs up
In one fell swoop, a massive hole has been
blown in the government's aviation policy. And the person holding the detonator
is not a member of the shadow cabinet or even a group of campaigners, but no lesser
person than the transport secretary Lord Adonis and his plan for a network of
high speed trains for the UK.
Crikey.
I decided to give Glastonbury a miss this year, but it looks like everyone currently stuck in a seven-hour tailback in the car park had a rollickin' good time. Not just because of the sunshine or Blur's barnstorming set last night (slightly jealous I missed that), but the Greenpeace field was once again a marvel to behold.
Posted by jossc — 29 May 2009 at 11:46am
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In this edition of our podcast we talk to award-winning film maker Nick Broomfield about his latest project. 'A Time Comes' is an 18 minute documentary about our very own Kingsnorth Six, who were arrested for shutting down a coal-fired power station but found 'not guilty' at the subsequent trial.
But first let's head down to the Airplot to meet veteran comedian and star of fabled 1970s tv series 'The Good Life', Richard Briers. Richard turned up at our plot of land on the site of the proposed new runway at Heathrow to help us dig for victory in the campaign by starting an allotment – Christian Hunt grabbed a spade and went along to meet him.
