Climate scientists speak out on airport expansion: "No speech, no clever phrasing, and no appeal to future innovation can disguise the fact: by backing aviation expansion, the Transport Minister, the Chancellor, and the Prime Minister are betraying the very climate commitments they claim to uphold."

Amid the visible signs of climate breakdown, heatwaves, wildfires and drought, both Luton and Gatwick airport expansion have been given the go ahead today: a serious blow for the climate, as well as affected communities.

Luton Airport expansion set for take-off after environmental challenge dismissed

London Luton Airport's growth plan has received judicial approval after a campaign group's legal challenge was ultimately rejected by the UK's top court.

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High Court Appeal Ruling - it is a sad day for residents of Sussex, Surrey & Kent and for the planet As we experience record temperatures due to global warming aviation has to do more to reduce their carbon footprint Allowing airport expansion is not the answer @labouruk.bsky.social

Join us to protest airport expansion on 9th September www.noairportexpansion.org/2026/07/save...

Amid everything else (heatwaves! new Prime Minister! Farage vs a bin!) the government is consulting on its policy to force through Heathrow expansion - "critical national infrastructure". If you think that what's actually critical is that we don't bust our climate targets, do join us on 27th July.

Airport Expansion vs the Climate - Heathrow crunch time

On Thursday 18th June, under cover of the Makerfield by-election, the government quietly released its public consultation for the Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement. It's hard to grasp the s...

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Can Doncaster Council reopen its airport and meet its commitment to net zero by 2040?🤔 Very unlikely. And as @ChrisBroome explores, the more you dig in, the murkier the argument in favour of the airport gets. nowthenmagazine.com/articles/reo...

Reopening Doncaster Sheffield Airport would be a disaster for the climate – despite what its own climate report says

Climate campaigner Chris Broome takes a deep-dive into claims made by the South Yorkshire Mayor that the project is compatible with the region’s “climate emergency”.

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The project that Rachel Reeves wants for her great economic legacy... "Department for Transport analysis suggests tiny economic boost would be outweighed by up to £62.5bn in trade-offs" Time to scrap Heathrow expansion plans and put a moratorium on all airport expansion.

Heathrow third runway GDP yield may be 90% less than previous estimates

Department for Transport analysis suggests tiny economic boost would be outweighed by up to £62.5bn in trade-offs

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Campaigners set to appeal High Court ruling on Gatwick expansion. Airport campaigners continually come up against the legal fiction that if no single airport expansion on its own will break the UK's climate targets, every expansion can be approved, with no consideration of the cumulative impacts.

Gatwick campaigners look to appeal after runway fight fails

A High Court ruling backs Gatwick Airport's expansion after campaigners raise climate concerns.

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CAGNE Gatwick@cagnegatwick.bsky.social · last mo.

Support the #CAGNE appeal to overturn ruling today for a new runway at #GatwickAirport www.crowdjustice.com/case/oppose-... via @CrowdJustice

UK government is supporting heat pump projects on one hand and aviation expansion with the other. UK loves flying more than any other European country www.salamandernews.org/2026-06-call...

Call to pause London City Airport expansion to assess noise impacts

Leonie Cooper, who chaired the London Assembly Environment Committee last year, said the airport expansion would be damaging to communities under the flight path.

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The general secretary of the UK's largest trade union, Unison, speaks out against Heathrow expansion, saying it "would put millions of tonnes of carbon into the environment and cause irreparable damage to the local area, where people’s homes and places of worship would be demolished."

'It’s not either/or when it comes to economic growth and climate change' - LabourList

Renewable energy offers us a chance to create a green industrial base, grow the economy and improve the lives of working-class people.

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My amazing friends @jonathanessex.bsky.social & Pat Smith (aged 77) are walking 16 miles round Gatwick Airport today – to raise money for legal challenge of the govt's approval of a 2nd runway at Gatwick without accounting for climate and noise impacts. Please give! www.gofundme.com/f/gatwicks-b...

Donate to Gatwick's Big Enough!, organized by Pat Smith

Please help oppose Gatwick's controversial new runway by sponsoring me. I'm Pat Smith (local re… Pat Smith needs your support for Gatwick's Big Enough!

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Local authorities should not, apparently, concern themselves with the big picture of increased emissions from aviation expansion contributing to climate breakdown, since this is all being taken care of. And yet...

Airline industry chiefs say 2050 net zero goal now unlikely

Iata boss Willie Walsh blames fuel suppliers, governments and aircraft makers, saying new ‘realistic timeline’ now needed

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AEF, alongside @noairportexp.bsky.social, @friends-earth.bsky.social, @wearepossible.bsky.social, and other NGOs, have drawn up what the environmental tests on Heathrow expansion should be. Here's why it matters 🧵1/7 www.aef.org.uk/2026/06/08/a...

AEF and other NGOs urge government to define dangerously “ambiguous” tests that will define airport expansion for years to come - Aviation Environment Federation

AEF, alongside a coalition of NGOs, have created a briefing demonstrating what the 'four tests' for any airport should actually look like in order to protect the public and the environment.

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Felton Common-a medieval common- is being threatened by a land-grab by Bristol Airport (owned by Macquarie Group; the 'custodians' of Thames Water). Learn more about this precious piece of common-land at 6.36 into the podcast. We need your help on this issue... www.podbean.com/media/share/...

Annual global aviation fuel consumption (blue) vs "Sustainable Aviation Fuel" production (that's the barely visible red bit). Rachel Reeves says we can expand Heathrow and many other airports without worrying about climate impacts because SAF is a 'game changer'. Time for a reality check.

Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD@ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I've added 2025 to this ridiculous chart

We need systemic change, not just individual change - BUT a lot of resistance to systemic change is built on the belief that individuals don't care & won't change. Individual action can be a good start for creating social momentum and maybe getting involved in campaigning against airport expansion!

Flight Free UK@flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 7mo ago

#FlightFree2026 is now LIVE! youtu.be/GE-myiSC2ew?... Could 2026 be your year to go flight free? Sign up today! flightfree.co.uk#take-the-cha...

"We believe it is reckless to continue piecemeal airport expansion based on poorly evidenced claims of economic benefit, whilst ignoring the ever-increasing costs of damage caused by climate change." We stand with LADACAN on this important point of principle and hope they are able to appeal.

Government was not unlawful in London Luton Airport expansion

Mrs Justice Lang rules the transport secretary lawfully assessed climate impacts.

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The @londonassembly.bsky.social has written to Transport Secretary highlighting that Heathrow expansion would: 1) Undermine London's air quality progress 2) Conflict with climate goals 3) Expose more Londoners to harmful aircraft noise www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...

MISSING: Closing tax loopholes for private jets, taxing airplane fuel, a frequent flyer levy. Why does the Chancellor have such a blind spot for anything that might tackle the excesses of the aviation industry? #Budget

Building the equivalent of the UK's second biggest airport right next to its largest? Moving the M25? Increasing noise pollution and air pollution for Londoners? The UK faces many challenges. Heathrow expansion is not the answer to any of them - and is insanity in a climate crisis.

Heathrow airport’s £33bn third runway plan chosen by government

Scheme includes plan to move the M25 and could mean up to 760 more planes in the skies around London every day

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Is the tide finally turning on airport expansion policies?

A review of the latest parliamentary report on the impacts of airport expansion

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"Whilst the Government support for airport expansion has been largely based on its expectation of economic growth, the Government has been unable to direct the Committee to any evidence that supports its assertion." Damning EAC report in full here: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...

Airport expansion put climate goals at risk, MPs say

A committee of MPs says the government has not demonstrated if economic benefits from airport expansion outweigh climate impacts.

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It really cannot be emphasised enough that facing devastating global climate tipping points we need to be reducing our emissions, NOT increasing them by, for example, massive airport expansion. Do we need to say it louder for those at the back?

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

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www.crowdjustice.com/case/oppose-... want to stop aviation polluting the planet further then join us Donate to #CAGNE here or via CAGNE.org @dalevince.com @campaigncc.bsky.social @climateemergencyuk.bsky.social

Oppose a New Runway at Gatwick Airport

CAGNE is the umbrella aviation community and environment group for Sussex, Surrey and Kent

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Who's going to tell the aviation industry? Claims we can expand aviation massively and still avoid climate breakdown are based on carbon offsetting.* Which as people have been pointing out for decades, doesn't work. *CORSIA, the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation

Campaign against Climate Change@campaigncc.bsky.social · 10mo ago

In news that will surprise pretty much no one working on climate change, carbon offsets have deep-seated systemic problems and are not effective at cutting overall emissions.

"Aviation expansion is not about fairness, nor the economy, and certainly not the climate. Behind slick and carefully crafted headlines, it is about privilege; protecting the frequent-flyer advantages of the few, paid for by all, while sacrificing the many."

As the Secretary of State for Transport announces unconditional support for a new runway at #GatwickAirport Please support the judicial review that will now be served by CAGNE Crowdjustice page that pays direct into the account of Leigh Day Solicitors www.crowdjustice.com/case/oppose-...

Oppose a New Runway at Gatwick Airport

CAGNE is the umbrella aviation community and environment group for Sussex, Surrey and Kent

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Petition: Stop airport expansion: halt all airport expansion plans across the UK

More than 20 airports across the UK have expansion plans, which will result in a combined increase of 60%+ capacity. More flights means more emissions, at a time when we should be doing everything we ...

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The emissions of 100,000 extra flights a year can't be magicked away by so-called 'sustainable' aviation fuel. Yet somehow our politicians think we can still hit our climate targets at the same time as expanding airports. Our petition to stop airport expansion is still live 👇

Gatwick airport second runway approved by transport secretary

There has been strong opposition against the airport wanting to use its northern runway.

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Disastrous decision for our climate and for local communities.

Gatwick given green light for £2.2bn second runway plan

Heidi Alexander approves expansion to allow 100,000 more flights a year

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