The Montreal talks of ICAO on agreeing measures to limit
international aviation emissions are continuing, and the
most recent updates from the NGOs attending the talks
are -sadly - not very encouraging. A report back today
included the comments: "Industry and some countries are
arguing further that the EU ETS should shrink to
intra-EU only (i.e. the ‘stop the clock’ scenario of
last year extended indefinitely) which in their view
would resolve most of the problems with foreign
carriers/countries and the mutual agreement issue" and
"There has virtually been no focus on the provisions re
a global MBM - yet. The future of the EU ETS at least
from ICAO’s perspective is clearly very much on the
line".
The American aviation campaign,
"Flying Clean" at least livened things up by buzzing the
ICAO meeting with a small plane, towing the floating,
and very apt, message "You Can't Spell Procrastination
without ICAO". There are photos showing their banner at
http://www.airportwatch.org.uk/?p=17685
The period for comment to the Airports Commission has
now ended, and they are chewing over all the evidence
submitted. Without Geoff Muirhead as one of the
Commissioners, since he had to stand down, due to his
conflict of interest with MAG and Stansted.
Meanwhile the media is full of
stories about competing claims of Heathrow, Gatwick,
Stansted - claims and counter claims. All now set
against the chilling background of the IPCC report,
confirming the need to cut anthropogenic carbon
emissions. A recent article in the New Scientist sums it
up succinctly: "IPCC
digested: Just leave the fossil fuels underground"
though the chance of such effective action in any
meaningful time-scale is remote.
Perhaps there is a lead to be
followed from a Wall Street Journal weather reporter,
Eric Holthaus, who on reading the report of the IPCC,
apparently burst into tears, and tweeted (it has gone
very public) that would be his last ever flight, (he
flew a lot) and he would henceforth give up flying, for
the sake of the climate. http://www.airportwatch.org.uk/?p=17687
Eric Holthaus @EricHolthaus
Contents:
Page 1
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GACC says Gatwick site is too cramped and constrained
for an efficient 2nd runway
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Study finds a 2nd Gatwick runway could require 40,000
new houses, a town the size of Crawley
Page 2
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Essex County Council submission to Airports Commission
warns against “super-airport” at Stansted
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Ryanair added 138 jobs per extra million passengers 2011
– 2013, but claim 1,000 jobs are created per additional
million passengers
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MAG/Ryanair 10 year growth agreement at Stansted to
increase Ryanair passengers by 50%
Page 3
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Global analysis of aviation CO2 shows Heathrow far above
any other global airport and UK 9th highest aviation CO2
per capita
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AirportWatch calls on Airports Commission to safeguard
communities under threat of blight from airport
proposals
Page 4
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Geoff Muirhead steps down from his position at the
Airports Commission
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Airports Commission publish long term airport capacity,
short and medium term capacity proposals – and plans for
its Phase 2 work
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From John Stewart, Chair of AirportWatch
Page 5
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FoI request reveals TfL has spent £1.4 million so far,
with a budget of £3 million, on promoting Thames estuary
airport (or Stansted)
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German elections bring hope for Frankfurt campaigners
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Munich campaigners believe they can see off a 3rd runway
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A Europe-wide bid to end night flights and tax subsidies
to aviation
Page 6
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Over 8,000 people say ‘non’ to new Nantes Airport
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European Commission wants to legalise state aid to
airports and airlines
Page 7
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Boris objects to proposed cap by EU on state aid to
airports – his estuary schemes would need minimum £20-30
billion from government
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Some details of how much European governments bail out
failing national airlines
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Heathrow Airport offers funding to residents who back a
3rd runway
Page 8
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Heathrow trial provides respite for 100,000 people
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Heathrow tries to make out that a 3rd runway and
thousands more flights can help cut noise from flights
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New short HACAN report giving a flavour of the stress
caused to thousands of Londoners from Heathrow aircraft
noise
Page 9
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Third runway at Heathrow would mean local surface
transport chaos
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Labour leader Ed Miliband warns Sir Howard on risks of
extra Heathrow runways
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Plan for huge airport in the Severn Estuary, “Severnside
Airport”, submitted to Airports Commission
Page 10
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“Flying Clean” Alliance buzz ICAO talks trailing “Can’t
Spell Procrastination Without ICAO” banner
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Deal time in Montreal – the 50/50 basis solution for
the ETS ?
Page 11
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Carbon neutral goal for aviation won’t neutralise its
climate impact – it needs Market Based Measures too
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Environmental NGOs call for ICAO to bring forward global
MBM adoption to 2015 for implementation in 2016
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IPCC report says human influence on climate is clear.
Target of staying below 2 degrees C rise in global
temperature harder to attain
Page 12
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Major fossil fuel reserves must be left in the ground to
protect climate, senior diplomat warns
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Date set for February 2014 for Hearing at the High Court
into Stobart’s Carlisle airport plans
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Opposition in Kerala in south west India to building of
a new airport at Aranmula
Page 13
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London City Airport submits expansion plans to Newham
Council – to enable 50,000 more aircraft movements per
year
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RSPB organized an email action to write to Sir Howard
Davies, to remind him not to forget biodiversity,
habitat and climate
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Stunned by IPCC report’s content, Wall Street Journal
weather man tweets his last flight – given up flying,
for the sake of the climate
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