The same is true of #airport expansion. Promises of more jobs are used to justify environmentally disastrous schemes. Even though, between 1998 & 2004, despite a 30% rise in air passengers, total employment attributed to airports and airlines actually fell. Let's have #GreenJobs not #ClimateChaos

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · yesterday

Direct, full-time jobs opening Rosebank oilfield would create: 450 D, f-t jobs opening Jackdaw gasfield would create: 27 D, f-t jobs in UK's net-zero economy: 300,000 + 400,000 more on the way D, f-t jobs in the rest of the green economy: 600,000 Is that really the hill Burnham wants to die on?

Thanks to @flightfreeuk.bsky.social for calculating it would take a forest the size of Greater Manchester to compensate for all the flights we take each year. There simply isn't enough land space to account for our flight emissions. The best way to cut your carbon footprint is to go #FlightFree.

The #government doesn't want to stop people's right to multiple cheap holiday flights yet is happy to ignore the right of residents of the #Heathrow villages to a home. #Heathrow's expansion plans would destroy 781 homes, with a further 4,750 left uninhabitable. That's 15,000 people made homeless.

Tell John Healey that you don't want #airport expansion anywhere. In the current climate allowing increased #emissions from aviation would be literally adding fuel to the fire(s): action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/sto... #Don'tGrowHeathrow #No3rdRunway #NoAirportExpansion

Tell John Healey: don’t put plane profits before planet

The UK government has backed airport expansion while we're in a climate emergency. Expanding airports like Heathrow won’t do much, if anything, for the communities that need growth the most. Instead, ...

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With the consultation on the #Heathrow Expansion National Policy statement ongoing, it's worth revisiting this article from @friends-earth.bsky.social setting out why expansion is a crazy idea friendsoftheearth.uk/climate/prob... #Don'tGrowHeathrow #No3rdRunway

The problem with Heathrow expansion | Friends of the Earth

The issue of Heathrow expansion is a major environmental headache. Head of Legal at Friends of the Earth, Will Rundle, recaps details from this long-running saga, and explains why it's a social justic...

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MPs must demand answers on biodiversity, rivers & habitat loss before any further #Heathrow expansion is approved. The cost to nature would be permanent. More info here: tinyurl.com/5t2dkppc @munirawilson.bsky.social @ruthcadbury.bsky.social #HeathrowExpansion #BiodiversityCrisis #NoThirdRunway

#Heathrow expansion would literally kill people. Through its increased carbon impact; the adverse health impacts of disturbed nights; & the increased pollution in West London. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #No3rdRunway #Don'tGrowHeathrow

This excellent report from respected think tank @neweconomics.bsky.social shows how even the #DfT's own numbers don't support the case for #Heathrow expansion. It's worth a read before you respond to the government's current consultation. #Don'tGrowHeathrow #No3rdRunway

New Economics Foundation@neweconomics.bsky.social · last wk.

Find out more in our new briefing - The economic impact of a third runway at Heathrow: neweconomics.org/2026/07/the-...

"Heathrow’s proposed 3rd runway is looking less like a plan for growth and more like a plan to move jobs and investment to London and the south-east. The 3rd runway will take spending out of the places that need it most" www.theguardian.com/environment/... #No3rdRunway #Don'tGrowHeathrow

Heathrow expansion would take thousands of jobs from other UK regions, report finds

Airports in England and Wales are likely to lose millions of passengers if third runway goes ahead, DfT economic paper shows

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#Heathrow expansion would permanently damage a nationally important wildlife landscape. #ColneValley's rivers, wetlands & green spaces are a vital corridor for #biodiversity. Once that habitat is lost, it can't ever be replaced. More info here: tinyurl.com/5t2dkppc #ColneValley #No3rdRunway

Great turn out tonight for the Community Conversation on #Heathrow, with many more residents joining online. Our very own Paul Beckford on the panel with Cllr @julianedenwatts.bsky.social & MPs @munirawilson.bsky.social, @ruthcadbury.bsky.social & #SarahOlney. #No3rdRunway. #Don'tGrowHeathrow

Reminder - tomorrow evening 7.30pm at York House, Twickenham. Your chance to have your say and learn about the current consultation on #Heathrow expansion.

HACAN@hacan1.bsky.social · 3w ago

@richmondcouncil.bsky.social are holding a public meeting on 23rd July to seek your views on #Heathrow expansion & provide advice on the latest consultation. It's important to show them we feel strongly against expansion. Register here: richmond.gov.uk/news/news_ju...

Let's hope that the new Chancellor, John Healey, can understand simple sums such as these & stand up to Treasury pressure for #Heathrow expansion. #Don'tGrowHeathrow #No3rdRunway

GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport@galba.uk · last mo.

Govt assessment of Heathrow expansion costs v benefits: -£23bn to -£62bn (yes, that's MINUS £23 billion up to MINUS 62 billion) for the UK, rising to -£121 billion for its global impact, due to climate damage. Thanks to @neweconomics.bsky.social for spotting this. www.linkedin.com/posts/alex-c...

It's hard to see how a #3rdRunway is in the UK's national interest when: #Heathrow is 100% owned by overseas investors; overseas transfer passengers are expected to take 75% of new capacity; UK taxpayers are likely to pick up the bill for transport upgrades and the health impacts. #NoThirdRunway

#Heathrow is already one of the UK’s worst #AirPollution hotspots. Government analysis warns a 3rd runway would have a “significant negative” impact on air quality. No credible evidence for how expansion can stay within legal limits. #HeathrowExpansion #AirPollution #No3rdRunway #Don'tGrowHeathrow

#Heathrow expansion would pose a major risk to the UK’s #Climate targets. A third runway could result in #aviation alone accounting for up to 25% of UK emissions by 2050. There is still no credible plan to make aviation compatible with #NetZero. #Don'tGrowHeathrow #ClimateEmergency #No3rdRunway

@andyburnham.bsky.social letting #Heathrow expand would suck connectivity from regional airports; hog the UK's #carbon budget at the expense of Northern based manufacturers; & further overheat #London & the South East. Time for a rethink. #No3rdRunway #Don'tGrowHeathrow @ruthcadbury.bsky.social

@richmondcouncil.bsky.social are holding a public meeting on 23rd July to seek your views on #Heathrow expansion & provide advice on the latest consultation. It's important to show them we feel strongly against expansion. Register here: richmond.gov.uk/news/news_ju...

If you are looking for last minute #holiday inspiration without the need to get on an #airplane, this excellent video from our friends at @flightfreeuk.bsky.social could be just what you need: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk2s...

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