Reacting to today’s news that Bristol Airport has won its appeal to the planning inspectorate, meaning that they will have permission to expand the airport capacity [1], Green Party co-leader and councillor in Bristol Carla Denyer said,
“Allowing Bristol Airport to expand – more than doubling its capacity – is an outrageous decision that is totally incompatible with the climate emergency. Aviation, especially the frequent flights taken by a wealthy minority, is one of the fastest growing sources of carbon emissions and causes incredible amounts of pollution both globally and locally in Bristol and North Somerset.
“The Government’s intervention on the side of the Airport goes against the wishes of local people, councils and elected representatives and contradicts the advice of their own Climate Change Committee. It risks setting the UK’s progress on climate change back by years.”
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1 https://youtu.be/5DEu1SbCqFo
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