Pledge Against Airport Expansion
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Below is the name and personal statement of opposition to airport expansion of everyone who has signed the pledge.
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| 332 | Alan | If the government wants us to beieve that is serious about tackling climate change, then it needs to take action now to curb air travel. |
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| 331 | A Putnam | I strongly dissagree with the plan to expand airports due the effect it will have on both human and natural habitats, causing both deprivation as well as unsustainable short term gain for the economy. |
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| 330 | Nick Foster | We need to reduce the amount of air travel taken as the amounts of pollution generated is staggering. We must also tax aviation fuel, as other less damaging forms of transport are at an unfair disadvantage. On a local level the pollution, both air and noise blights the lives on those near the airports or on the flightpath. I will do my best to help campaigns on this issue. |
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| 329 | Jamie B | |
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| 328 | jaimie parkhouse | things should have an ecologically realistic price tag. Air transport should be extremely expensive. |
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| 327 | A Witham | Air travel is extraordinarily damaging to the environment. The Government's policy of basing economic expansion on air travel is short-sighted and flawed. |
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| 326 | Michael | No case can be made for expanding airtravel on either commercial, environmental, health, or conservation of fuel. |
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| 325 | Grace Gedge | As a member of the Green Party I am well aware of the damage that aviation can do, not only to the environment, but to the health and quality of life of those who are unfortunate enough to live near airports. The rise in cheap flights are a relatively recent phenonemon, and something that hasn't been properly thought out in the long run - ultimately the effect on our economy will be a negative one, as the revenue raised will be cancelled out by the cost of treating those made ill by the effects of aviation and the cost of coping with environmental problems. I am not suggesting that we should ban all flights, or deny people an affordable holiday, but rather that we should take a more measured approach to aviation. This would include avoiding unnecessary flights through using technology such as video-conferencing, taxing aviation in proportion to the damage it causes, and investing in affordable and reliable rail infrastructure, made available to all. |
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| 324 | Linda | I do not believe in airport expansion because of the environmental harm it does and the affect it has on the people who live under the flight path. |
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| 323 | Philip Booth | The airline industry currently enjoys tax breaks and other hidden subsidies worth some �9 billion a year. I agree with the Green Party that these should end. If the industry was made to pay its way then there would be no need for more airports or expansions. |
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