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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| 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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| 322 | Kez | Expansion is simply not sustainable for the entire planets future. |
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| 321 | Daniel Gomm | I pledge to help build opposition to Luton airport expansion through North Herts Friends of the Earth. |
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| 320 | Nick Bibby | Hmmm. Fly now and swim later or just stay earthbound? Bring on the buses. Vote Green. |
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| 319 | Joanna Collins | If we base aviation policy on predict-and-provide we will increasingly lock ourselves into unsustainable lifestyles incompatible with climatic stability. |
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