AirportWatch Campaign Action
Useful dates |
Events |
Oppose Stansted's second runway application |
Campaign for a stronger Climate Bill |
Take the Flight Pledge |
Petitions to sign |
Events:
Saturday 26th July - Climate Camp
will start off at Heathrow, before marching to Kingsnorth (in Kent).
See the Climate Camp website for details.
Petitions:
Please sign the East Midlands Airport petition to the Prime Minister
"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to To Restrict Night Flights
at East Midlands Airport using section 78 (Designation) of the 1982 Civil Aviation
Act to restrict the amount of Night Flights".
East Midlands Airport hosts more night flights than any of the big 3 London Airports
(Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted), and local residents are subjected to high levels
of aircraft noise at night. The petition.....
Sign the petition by the residents of South Cambridgeshire, about NATS proposed new stack and flight paths
Online petition at the Prime Ministers website petitions.pm.gov.uk/ruralpeace
"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to say No to the proposed flightpath
changes to Luton and Stansted airports"
Sign the Stop Heathrow Expansion petition
The website provides a simple way to register your opposition.
Sign the petition (just once!) Stop Heathrow Expansion
Events:
Saturday 26th July - Climate Campwill start off at Heathrow, before marching to Kingsnorth (in Kent). See the Climate Camp website for details. |
Petitions:Please sign the East Midlands Airport petition to the Prime Minister"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to To Restrict Night Flights at East Midlands Airport using section 78 (Designation) of the 1982 Civil Aviation Act to restrict the amount of Night Flights". East Midlands Airport hosts more night flights than any of the big 3 London Airports
(Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted), and local residents are subjected to high levels
of aircraft noise at night. The petition.....
Sign the petition by the residents of South Cambridgeshire, about NATS proposed new stack and flight pathsOnline petition at the Prime Ministers website petitions.pm.gov.uk/ruralpeace
"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to say No to the proposed flightpath
changes to Luton and Stansted airports"
Sign the Stop Heathrow Expansion petition
The website provides a simple way to register your opposition. Sign the petition (just once!) Stop Heathrow Expansion |
StanstedApplication for a second runway at Stansted:As many people as possible are encouraged to respond, even if you don't have
a lot of expert airport knowledge.
There is a useful, short, document on the SSE website which gives you the basics. details .....
From the SSE briefing:
BAA says its plans for a second runway at Stansted would provide "Greater choice and opportunity for millions of air travellers" – but at what cost? In short – more land grab, more passengers and more overflying than the nightmare airport that is Heathrow today. • A massive two and a half square mile land grab
• Heritage, hamlets and countryside eradicated
• Loss of ancient woodland dating back to the ice age
• 73 homes and listed buildings destroyed
• Tranquillity shattered at Hatfield Forest and across the region – up to 70 miles
away – from triple the planes
• Road and rail pressures from triple the passengers travelling to Stansted
• Air pollution and an extra 11m tonnes of CO2 each year
• Housing development and urbanisation pressures
…and that’s just for starters The threat of extra runways at Stansted has been staved off successfully over
the last 40+ years with Inspectors at two public inquiries and one Royal Commission
ruling against major expansion. Help us do it again…
There is a lot more info on Stop Stansted Expansion's 'Second Runway Application - Quick Links' at www.stopstanstedexpansion.com/second_runway.html |
Useful dates:Monday 30th June - Deadline for comment on the
Monday 7th July - The full House of the European Parliament should take a vote
on the EU ETS
Monday 7th July - The G8 countries – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the UK and
the United States – are scheduled to meet in Toyako (Hokkaido), Japan
Tuesday 8th July - European Parliament Plenary vote final compromise package on
the EU ETS
Thursday 10th July - CAA’s Consultation on the proposal to amend Article 126 of the UK ANO to permit Flight Training in Aeroplanes and Helicopters from Unlicensed Aerodromes, specifically the Consultation on The Light Aviation Airports Study Group (LAASG) FTSG proposals. Friday 11th July - Deadline for responses to the Glasgow Airport Noise Action Plan consultation ( See the Glasgow Noise Action plan - document ) Friday 18th July - EU member states. Noise Action Plans to be drawn up for first round mapped areas. Monday 21st July - Coventry airport planning appeal starts. - The airport owners' appeal against a government decision blocking their bid for a terminal. Tuesday 22nd July - Committee Stage of Scottish Climate Change Bill - debated on and amended by committee of MPs: (22 July approx)
Saturday 26th July - Climate Camp will start off at Heathrow. details Friday 26th September (extended deadline) - deadline for comments on Stansted 2nd runway application Details of how to comment. |
Ask your MP to support a strong Climate Bill (FoE easy email action !!)The Bill is currently going through Parliament. We need it to have a target of 80% reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, from the 1990 level, by 2050 - rather than its current 60% target. And we need the emissions from international shipping and aviation to be included too. Ask your MP to support a strong Climate Change Bill, including these two features. See the Friends of the Earth email action. More ..... |
Pledge to be free from flying for 12 monthsFlight Pledge has had a new lease of life, and has merged with LowFlyZone. Try the gold or silver pledges, to avoid - or reduce - flying for a year. LowFlyZone ..... There is also a pledge you can take, on the Science Museum "Does Flying cost the Earth?" website. See:
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Heathrow:
Campaigning against Heathrow expansion goes on. For updates about the continuing campaign , these are the key websites:
No Third Runway Action Group (NoTRAG)
Chiswick Residents against the spread of Heathrow (CrashW4)
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