AirportWatch
AirportWatch, formed in 2000, is an umbrella organisation which campaigns for a demand management approach to aviation.[1]
History
AirportWatch was formed in 2000.
In the run-up to the 2007 Camp for Climate Action near Heathrow Airport, BAA sought an injunction, banning members of groups supporting AirportWatch, such as the National Trust and Greenpeace, from attending the protest.[2] The airport operator won a reduced injunction naming senior members of AirportWatch and Plane Stupid, but not including AirportWatch or its members.[3]
AirportWatch is a member of the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition.[4]
Campaign Issues
These campaign issues have been identified by AirportWatch:[5]
- Climate change effect of the carbon dioxide emissions[6]
- Noise complaints by local communities near airports
- Environmental impact near airports
- Growth in low-cost holiday flights affecting the UK economy
- Possible environmental effects from aviation
- Effectiveness of carbon offsetting in removing CO2 from the atmosphere
See also
- Air transport and the environment (United Kingdom)
- Carbon offsetting
- Climate Change
- Environmental direct action in the United Kingdom
- Flying Matters – a pro-aviation expansion commercial coalition
- Heathrow Airport
- Stop Stansted Expansion
References
- ↑ "AirportWatch website". AirportWatch. Archived from the original on 13 January 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
- ↑ Vidal, John (2007-07-27). "Catch-all Heathrow protest injunction could bar millions". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 2007-12-27.
- ↑ "Heathrow airport's operator wins injunction to stop protesters". International Herald Tribune. 2007-08-06. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
- ↑ "Boom in Scots air travel set to bust emissions targets". Sunday Herald. 8 April 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- ↑ "Issues in a nutshell". AirportWatch. Archived from the original on 10 January 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
- ↑ "Research shows aviation growth will wreck climate targets". Friends of the Earth. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
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