Khan demands Burnham block Heathrow expansion over net zero

Heathrow expansion would make UK ‘overshoot’ climate targets, report suggests

New modelling said the UK aviation industry is already forecast to exceed limits in the seventh carbon budget

Third Heathrow runway MUST be blocked despite airport expansion 'critical to national growth'

A third runway at Heathrow should be blocked, climate campaigners say, despite the expansion being described as "critical to national growth". The planned expansion, which would involve moving the M25 motorway, would increase Heathrow’s capacity to 150 million passengers per year. In July, Istanbul surpassed Heathrow as Europe’s busiest airport in July, prompting the west London airport to argue “the case for expansion has never been clearer”. I…

Khan demands Burnham block Heathrow expansion over net zero

London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has demanded Andy Burnham to block the Heathrow airport runway expansion on the grounds of net zero.  Khan, who has long opposed the construction of a second Heathrow runway, linked the expansion to the effects on climate change including “extreme heatwaves, drought and wildfires”.  “The truth is the whole case [...]

Third Heathrow runway MUST be blocked despite airport expansion ‘critical to national growth’

A third runway at Heathrow should be blocked, climate campaigners say, despite the expansion being described as “critical to national growth”. The planned expansion, which would involve moving the M25 motorway, would increase Heathrow’s capacity to 150 million passengers per year. In July, Istanbul surpassed Heathrow as Europe’s busiest airport in July, prompting the west […]