Rachel Reeves has confirmed that the UK government will support a third runway at Heathrow, asserting it enhances the UK's connectivity for business. She addressed climate concerns by claiming that expansion meets carbon targets, despite environmentalists warning against potential hazards associated with increased air traffic. Critics, including the mayor of London and Friends of the Earth representatives, voiced worries about the negative impacts on the environment, emphasizing unsustainable growth. The government aims to seek proposals for necessary transport connections by summer and hopes to approve plans for the runway by 2029.
We cannot duck the decision any longer. The last full-length runway in Britain was built in the 1940s: no progress for 80 years.
Despite the progress that's been made in the aviation sector to make it more sustainable, I'm simply not convinced that you can have hundreds of thousands of additional flights at Heathrow every year without a hugely damaging impact on our environment.
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