bristol airport

Photo from Bristol Airport Expansion Protest

Reports

Bristol Airport expansion appeal decision pending. Win or lose, campaigners are making an impact by playing the long game.

The Cable was in court for the latest chapter in the long-running legal saga, and joined Bristol Airport Action Network for a drink when all was said and done.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Bristol and the Climate Crisis

Bristol Airport expansion case highlights loopholes in national climate policy, say campaigners

Aphra Evans
Aphra Evans

Opinion

We need international alliances to stop airport expansions

Tanguy Tomes
Tanguy Tomes

Bristol and the Climate Crisis

West of England leaders vote to oppose Bristol Airport expansion, but Bristol abstains

Standing in for Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees was his deputy Craig Cheney, who did not contribute to the discussion and abstained from the vote.

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

Bristol and the Climate Crisis

‘Airport expansion in an age of climate crisis is a moral decision. Anything else is greenwashing’

Stephen Clarke
Stephen Clarke

Video

Watch: Final fight over Bristol Airport expansion begins

Aphra Evans Priyanka Raval
Aphra Evans and Priyanka Raval

Bristol and the Climate Crisis

Climate impact of Bristol Airport expansion up to six times worse than claimed, says think tank

Research released today by think tank New Economics Foundation, (NEF) claims that the climate impact of Bristol Airport expansion could be up to six times...

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Reports

The council are now opposed to Bristol Airport expansion despite previous support. But what does that mean for the plans?

A motion passed at last night’s council meeting commits Bristol City Council to opposing the Bristol Airport expansion and for the mayor to support any...

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Reports

Councillors throw out airport expansion plans, but is this the end of the road?

North Somerset joins the ranks of Southampton and Stansted, whose local councillors also voted to reject airport expansion plans.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Ideas and Action

Defiant, weary, resigned – meet the locals living under the flight path

With the decision to expand Bristol Airport being announced later tonight, we ask the people most directly affected about how they feel ahead of the verdict.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Opinion

‘From climate to jobs, there is no justification for Bristol airport expansion’

The plans are based on dodgy data, argues Priyanka Raval

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Reports

Extinction Rebellion may have dominated the headlines – but controversial debates are afoot in City Hall too

A round up of climate change news from Bristol you may have missed this week.

Lorna Stephenson
Lorna Stephenson
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