HACAN has proudly launched Third Runway News, a new publication providing residents of west London, east Berkshire and north Surrey with the facts about what an expanded Heathrow Airport would mean for them.
Read the illustrated 4 page newspaper: ThirdRunwayNews-digitalversion (temporarily hosted on the site of S.H.E Stop Heathrow Expansion,our sister organisation).
Page one (of four) of Third Runway News.
HACAN is a residents-led campaign and indeed this newspaper was designed by one of our local members, not by a hugely expensive professional design company. HACAN relies on donations and membership fees to fund our activities.
Unlike some other campaign organisations, we are not bankrolled by Heathrow Airport!
Whether it is noise pollution, air pollution or increased traffic, there are plenty of reasons why a third runway should never be allowed to take off. This newspaper explains why.
Find your village or town in the yellow banner running across the top of each page and spread the word around your neighbourhood today!
For much more information on our campaign and activities, email us on info@hacan.org.uk
[HACAN = Heathrow Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise]
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Heathrow airport adverts
By contrast, Heathrow (with millions of ££s to spend on its PR campaign) has recently put out a new set of adverts.
Below is one of them. Judge for yourself the accuracy of these claims (for which no backing evidence is given).
http://your.heathrow.com/new-adverts-release-taking-britain/
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Prime Economics: “Out of thin air – the economic case for a 3rd Heathrow runway” – takes apart the claims made by Heathrow
Prime Economics, a group of independent economic thinkers, has taken a look at Heathrow’s claims about the economic case for a 3rd runway. They are not impressed. While Heathrow (see its latest advert) says: “If we want Britain’s economy to keep growing, we need to grow Heathrow”, the reality is very different. Among Heathrow’s dodgy 3rd runway economic claims, they say: “• It will bring economic benefits of £100bn • It will bring 120,000 new jobs • Every month the problem goes unresolved is costing the British economy £1.25bn through lost trade”. Prime Economics says “the evidence for each of these is very thin and hypothetical …. The link between trade and airport capacity is at best indirect, and certainly opaque. At a macroeconomic level, the impact is simply invisible.” They say “Economies depend on many factors, and hub capacity is one of the least significant, at least once you reach a decent threshold of scale.” They pick to pieces the £1.25 billion figure; the idea that the UK needs flights to every destination in every country; and the hub competition between EU countries. “The current debate assumes exponential growth both of our economies and of our travel into the indefinite future. This will not happen … Airports …are not the main drivers of economic success nor of national well-being.” Well worth reading.
Click here to view full story…
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