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AirportWatch

  1. If deeper EU carbon emission cuts can be agree it could help to spur the European Union's carbon market, which has sunk to record lows.
  2. World Environment News - Germany Puts Deeper Carbon Cut Back On EU Agenda - Planet Ark: bit.ly/Jj2ejd
  3. EC will reassess its auctioning time-table,to help to reduce a surplus of carbon allowances generated by the depth of the EU's recession
  4. The collapse in the price of EU carbon permits to record lows means it has been driving investment in coal-fired generation rather than gas
  5. While UK total air freight down 1% in 2011 (cf. 2010) Heathrow rose +1%. Almost all other UK airports air freight fell airportwatch.org.uk/?page_id=4878
  6. Heathrow handled 64% of UK's air freight, by weight, in 2011. 1,484,351 tonnes out of UK total 2,297,602 tonnes airportwatch.org.uk/?page_id=4878
  7. UK air freight since 2005. 2005 - 2.36 m tons. 2006 - 2.31m. 2007 - 2.33m. 2008 - 2.28m. 2009 - 2.05m. 2010 - 2.32m. 2011 - 2.30m
  8. Plans to triple Luton Airport passengers - Local - Luton Today: lutontoday.co.uk/news/local/pla…
  9. Tripling Luton's annual passengers would, among other problems, massively disrupt the M1 and rail transport and blight local communities
  10. Triple or bust - Comment from HALE (Hertfordshire Against Luton Expansion) on the 30 million passengers discovery. hale.uk.net/triple-or-bust/
  11. One local comment:"The double dealing from Luton council is breath taking – public consultation on 18m while still working on plans for 30m"
  12. AirportWatch | Shock of discovery of Luton Airport plan to expand up to 30 million passengers (not just 18 million) airportwatch.org.uk/?p=1989
  13. Comprehensive review of research on impact of aircraft noise on children’s learning, by the CAA in 2010, concluded: “..there is evidence to
  14. suggest that chronic aircraft noise has a deleterious effect on memory, sustained attention, reading comprehension and reading ability”.
  15. Belfast child: at his school when a loud plane went over teacher had to stop talking as they couldn’t be heard, which was really distracting
  16. Belfast schools hit by airport’s noise proposals. Children’s education will suffer say teaching union and residents. belfastcityairportwatch.co.uk/latest-news/sc…
  17. BCAW believes proposed changes would mean 9 schools would potentially experience aircraft noise at a level which UK govt regards as serious
  18. Belfast City Airport Watch believes this would mean 21 schools would potentially be subjected to aircraft noise above WHO recommended level
  19. Belfast City airport has submitted proposals that would replace existing passenger cap with one controlling noise, which will increase noise
  20. Belfast schools hit by City airport’s noise proposals. Belfast City Airport Watch anticipates huge problems to many. airportwatch.org.uk/?p=2039