Green Options » heathrow expansion http://greenoptions.com/tag/heathrow-expansion Posts tagged 'heathrow expansion' Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:04:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Greenpeace, Zac Goldsmith and the Conservative Party: Strange, Green, Bedfellows http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/01/17/strange-green-bedfellows/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/01/17/strange-green-bedfellows/#comments Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:04:02 +0000 Richard Elen http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/01/17/strange-green-bedfellows/ Zac Goldsmith – where does he stand?I was overjoyed the other day to hear that Greenpeace, with the help of some moneyed celebrities, had purchased a field earmarked to go under the third runway at Heathrow, Britain’s biggest airport, on the Western edge of London.

Needless to say, I find it unlikely that in a recession and with tight CO2 emissions goals to meet we can justify expanding Heathrow.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/01/17/strange-green-bedfellows/feed/ Hundreds Block UK Airport Terminal with Dinner Party http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/01/12/hundreds-block-uk-airport-terminal-with-dinner-party/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/01/12/hundreds-block-uk-airport-terminal-with-dinner-party/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:17:04 +0000 Alex Felsinger http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/01/12/hundreds-block-uk-airport-terminal-with-dinner-party/

Hundreds of activists are currently blocking a departure gate at Heathrow Airport in England. The group is protesting the planned third runway at the airport, which is expected to be approved by the government this week.

The peaceful act of civil disobedience was organized by Climate Rush, the same group that shut down Parliament when they rushed the building in October. In addition to environmental activists, residential neighbors to the airport have been vocal in their opposition to the third runway.

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