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Villagers turn to civil disobedience against third runway at Heathrow
2015-07-19 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: With its 11th century church, listed buildings and 15th century timber barn managed by English Heritage, Harmondsworth is a paean to reverence, tradition and antiquity. Faced with destruction of their village as they know it to make way for a third runway at Heathrow, however, some residents have begun to adopt irreverent tactics, such as civil disobedience, as they fight to save their way of life. That campaign escalated sharply last Monday, when 13 individuals cut through the patrolled perimeter...
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Gatwick: Heathrow expansion 'unfair'
2015-07-14 12:21:19| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Gatwick Airport has called the Airports Commission's choice of a new runway at Heathrow "unfair".
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Gatwick and Heathrow receive record number of passengers in June
2015-07-14 01:00:00| Airport Technology
UKs Heathrow and Gatwick airports have released the latest traffic figures that reveal both handled a record number of passengers in June amid discussions regarding the proposed expansion of the countrys airspace.
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13 Climate Activists Gather on Heathrow Runway Prompting Flight Disruptions
2015-07-13 15:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Climate change activists have chained themselves together on the northern runway at Heathrow, with the airport warning of some delays and cancellations for passengers. Thirteen demonstrators from direct action group Plane Stupid cut through a perimeter fence and entered the northern runway at 3.30am on Monday. Activists wore armlocks and lay on the runway, where police brought heavy machinery to cut them free. Plane Stupid said the protesters one of whom was dressed as a polar bear were campaigning...
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United Kingdom: Heathrow protesters win third runway court victory
2015-07-13 08:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The government's plans for a third runway at Heathrow were dealt a blow today after a high court judge agreed with campaigners that climate change threats had not been taken seriously enough. In a complex judgment, Lord Justice Carnwath declined to quash the controversial planning proposal but branded the original position adopted in the government's authorisation as untenable. The judge ordered Whitehall officials to give a formal undertaking that they would carry out a further policy review....
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