Aviation - Birmingham Friends of the Earth

Aviation

The Problem

Civil aviation is one of the fastest growing sources of human greenhouse ga...

The Solution

Aircraft manufacturers can deliver quieter, less polluting planes but ...

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Leading stories

D-Day at Birmingham Airport

It's D-Day for Birmingham Airport this week, as the Diggers move in to start work on extending the r...

Do We Need More Airports?

With much discussion happening in the news regarding aviation, there might just be an opportunity...

New Aviation Policy Must Consider People and the Planet

With the release of today's Draft Aviation Policy Framework, environmental campaigners have ...

We Need Fair Tax on Flying

We are disappointed to learn that two local MPs Rodger Godsiff and Steve McCabe are amongst over 5...

More news

Birmingham Airport in Cloud Cuckoo Land

With Birmingham Airport still making bold claims about millions of extra passengers, local environmentalists point out their numbers are a work of pure fiction. Birmingham Friends of ...

Second Runway Looms Again for Birmingham?

Press Release: Contact Joe Peacock 0121 6326909 campaigns@birminghamfoe.org Following the recent bold predictions of growth by Birmingham Airport, local environmentalists are pointing out that th...

London Elmdon Airport?

When we first suggested that Birmingham wanted to be a London airport, we thought that this would be seen as an awful idea and a real negative for anyone living near it, but in fact they are now...