Flying from Edinburgh to Heathrow Airport is part of most business people’s lives. But these kinds of short-haul flights within the uk are some of the most damaging to the environment. By travelling by train the co2 emissions cuts would be a welcome start to a future within the uk that HAS to, by law, happen within the next ten years.
The uk government has decided to go ahead with one of the most controversial transport schemes this country has ever faced. The village of Sipson, which adjoins Heathrow airport is set to be demolished altogether, condemning many of its inhabitants to an uncertain future, Schools, adults, children, and local business will all disappear, replaced by noisy and polluting aircraft, all in the name of ”progress”. Many people who fought for this country and its future are now voiceless and unheeded by compulsory purchase of land that they do not want to give up,land that is and always should be theirs as much as anyone elses and land where that most English of fruit was first cultivated, the Cox’s Pippin apple.
Across the uk aviation expansion threatens to seriously undermine the uk’s ability to play its part in tackling climate change. The worlds leading scientists are agreed that we need to make massive reductions in Greenhouse Gas emissions if we are to avoid dangerous climate change. This should be at least 80% by 2050 and the uk government is legally bound to achieve this through the Climate Change Act.Urgent steps are needed to stop emissions rising and then start to reduce emissions within the next ten years.Due to flying at high altitudes, aviation emissions are more damaging and have more impact on Global Warming.
Many Green groups are readying themselves and preparing for any moves to begin building the controversial third runway at Heathrow Airport.Celebreties, politicians, the London Mayor and of course the people of Sipson are also ready to take direct but peaceful action if necessary. Greenpeace is hoping that more people will join up to their Airplot campaign. They and others have purchased a plot of land in the middle of the proposed third runway area and are asking people to become an ”airplotter”, a beneficial owner of the purchased land, the more people join together the more voices will be heard. If you would like to know more about Airplot go here http://airplot.org.uk/ join the growing band of people who are saying NO to a third runway.
If Heathrow wins any future court actions and are granted leave to build a third runway, at full capacity it would become the largest single source of Greenhouse Gas emissions in the whole of the uk and if we are serious about helping the world to reduce co2 emissions, the thrid runway would make it impossible to honour our promised targets.For the sake of future generations we need to act on the co2 emissions and reduce them, not increase them, if we do increase them we could be condemning the children and adults of the future, say NO to a new third runway at Heathrow Airport.
