AirportWatch
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AirportWatch, formed in 2000, is an umbrella organisation which campaigns for a demand management approach to aviation[1].
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[edit] History
AirportWatch was formed in 2000.
In the run-up to the 2007 Camp for Climate Action near Heathrow Airport BAA sought a wide-ranging injunction which could have 'banned millions' by naming AirportWatch as an injunctee[2] which became know as the 'mother of all injuctions'[3]. In the end the airport operator won a much reduced injunction naming John Stewart (chair of AirportWatch), Joss Garman and Leo Murray from Plane Stupid but not including AirportWatch or its members[4].
[edit] Campaign 'Issues'
These campaign issues have been identified by AirportWatch[5]:
- Climate change effect of the carbon dioxide emissions[6]
- 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
[edit] See also
- Carbon offsetting
- Climate Change
- Flying Matters pro-aviation expansion commercial coalition
- Air transport and the environment (United Kingdom)
- Heathrow Airport
- Environmental direct action in the United Kingdom
- Stop Stansted Expansion
[edit] References
- ^ AirportWatch website. AirportWatch. Retrieved on 2007-12-27.
- ^ Catch-all Heathrow protest injunction could bar millions. The Guardian (2007-07-27). Retrieved on 2007-12-27.
- ^ Robbie Gillett. The mother of all injunctions. New Statesman. Retrieved on 2007-12-27.
- ^ Heathrow airport's operator wins injunction to stop protesters. International Herald Tribune (2007-08-06). Retrieved on 2007-12-27.
- ^ Issues in a nutshell. AirportWatch. Retrieved on 2007-12-27.
- ^ Research shows aviation growth will wreck climate targets. Friends of the Earth. Retrieved on 2007-12-27.
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