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As we reach the half way point in the QLDC’s airport expansion consultation process, transparency is in short supply. So much so that QLDC won’t release to Crux a document that...
London City Airport’s proposed £480m development programme continues. The development will see eight new aircraft stands equal to the size of 11 football pitches being built, the creation of the UK’s...
After three years of official information requests, QLDC has released to Crux a detailed list of how they spent ratepayers money on consultants and contractors – but the data still excludes...
Aviation: 2 to 3 times more damaging to the climate than industry claims [Transport and Environment]
Airlines lobby group, IATA, claims that aviation produces only 2% of global man-made CO2 emissions. While this is true, they are telling barely half the story. According to Professor Dr Volker Grewe, researcher...
Queenstown Lakes deputy mayor Calum MacLeod has been ejected from the group opposed to commercial development of Wanaka Airport. Wanaka Stakeholders Group (WSG) chairman Michael Ross emailed Mr MacLeod yesterday morning...
An offer to plant trees to offset carbon emissions isn’t a solution – it’s a licence to continue with business as usual As environmentally conscious holidaymakers, inspired by Greta Thunberg’s Atlantic boat...
Opinion. By Cath Gilmour, Chair, We Love Wakatipu Inc. There are three fundamental questions about Queenstown Lakes District Council’s approach to its impending airport growth decisions on both sides of the...
Highlights • We model air quality, climate change, and noise costs associated with 84 US commercial airports. • In aggregate, costs from aviation-induced climate change exceed the combined costs of aviation...
High levels of potentially harmful exhaust particles from jets using Los Angeles International Airport have been detected in a broad swath of densely populated communities up to 10 miles east of...
Campaigners against Bristol Airport’s expansion made one last impassioned plea to the region’s civic chiefs to reverse their support. Protesters were out in force at City Hall’s council chamber on Friday...