- AirportWatch
AirportWatch, formed in 2000, is an umbrella organisation which campaigns for a demand management approach to aviation [cite web|url=http://www.airportwatch.org.uk|title=AirportWatch website|accessdate=2007-12-27|publisher=AirportWatch] .
History
AirportWatch was formed in 2000.
In the run-up to the 2007
Camp for Climate Action nearHeathrow Airport BAA sought a wide-ranging injunction which could have 'banned millions' by naming AirportWatch as an injunctee [cite web|title=Catch-all Heathrow protest injunction could bar millions|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/jul/27/climatechange?gusrc=rss&feed=11|accessdate=2007-12-27|work=The Guardian |date=2007-07-27 ] which became know as the 'mother of all injuctions' [cite web|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/200708130002|title=The mother of all injunctions|author=Robbie Gillett|work=New Statesman |accessdate=2007-12-27] . In the end the airport operator won a much reduced injunction naming John Stewart (chair of AirportWatch), Joss Garman and Leo Murray fromPlane Stupid but not including AirportWatch or its members [cite web|title=Heathrow airport's operator wins injunction to stop protesters|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/06/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Heathrow-Protests.php| accessdate=2007-12-27|date=2007-08-06 |work=International Herald Tribune ] .Campaign 'Issues'
These campaign issues have been identified by AirportWatch [cite web|url=http://www.airportwatch.org.uk/problems.php|title=Issues in a nutshell|accessdate=2007-12-27|publisher=AirportWatch] :
*Climate change effect of the carbon dioxide emissions [cite web|url=http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/transport/news/tyndall_launch.html|title=Research shows aviation growth will wreck climate targets|publisher=Friends of the Earth |accessdate=2007-12-27]*
Noise complaints by local communities nearairports * 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 atmosphereee also
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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 References
External links
* [http://www.airportwatch.org.uk/ AirportWatch website]
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