"falling behind countries such as Japan, France and Germany in boosting its inbound tourism"
Perleaze. For umpteen years there has been more tourism going OUT rather than into the UK
theguardian.com/business/202…
Interesting that the industry says 2050 unlikely but there is no suggestion of what is likely! Walsh must know of the dangers and surely take a teeny bit of responsibilty for suggesting how this over cosseted industry can clean up its act.
theguardian.com/environment/…
The chart below is taken from the latest ANAS noise survey just published. It shows the astonishing difference in recorded annoyance levels from aircraft noise, and reflects what communities have been saying for years - namely that SoNA gave rubbish results.
I would nationalise all commercial airports as there is no joined up policy. This guy is a maniac though with no consideration of the environmental consequences of his wishes
thetimes.com/article/4cd5e99…
Nationalise Heathrow airport to build third runway, says Emirates boss -
Yes possibly. However the Country has many more important things to spend our money on, appalling public services and a lack of defence for starters giftarticle.ft.com/giftartic… via @FT
ANAS study finally out
"The exposure-response function.... is found to differ
markedly from SoNA 2014. Average noise level corresponding to
10% of the population highly annoyed was found to occur at around 43dB LAeq,16h,
compared with 54dB" 1/
caa.co.uk/data-and-publicati…
On NOISE: 700,000 people already live under harmful flight paths. 52,000 are sleep deprived. Actual flight paths must be published BEFORE any planning application — not after. 3/7
Our GOV needs to note the EEA rpt on the very harmful effects of noise, inc aircraft noise - "it is estimated that approximately 150 million people - more than 30% of the population are exposed to long-term unhealthy noise levels from transport sources."
eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/pu…
Any proposal for Heathrow expansion must pass some simple tests:
No new air pollution breaches
No worsening of existing ones
Full compliance with UK law and WHO guidelines
#NoThirdRunway#PublicHealth#AirPollution
"Heathrow accused of ‘holding gun to head’ of Labour over third runway"
Lots of infighting between vested interests with no thought for the environment or the good of the Country.
Just abandon this miserable project once and for all
telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
Longford village would be totally destroyed to make way for a new runway at Heathrow Airport.
This powerful piece hears from locals impacted by the proposals.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho…
‘Heathrow investors will walk away if terminals are divided up’
This is great news. Heathrow already far too expensive, cannot afford expansion & our silly chancellor of exchequer can save face. #HeathrowExpansion fades away and long live the environment
telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
“These findings suggest that sleep disruption may represent a clinically relevant, potentially modifiable risk factor in early-onset cancer risk stratification and warrants further investigation.”
Ban outright night flights that deprive residents of sleep
thetimes.com/article/e76ad6e…