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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · 2d

The UK’s Climate Change Committee says aviation will be the UK’s highest emitting sector by 2040. All the targets for reducing aviation emissions are for 2050. That allows us to indulge in thinking about possibilities, rather than commercial reality. @theaef.bsky.social
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How politicians and passengers gave up on greener air travel

A renewed push for economic growth has added to technological challenges and problems with carbon offset schemes

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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · 2d

GALBA is fully behind this - let's leave a liveable world for future generations

justtransitionw.bsky.social @justtransitionw.bsky.social · 3d

Organising well under way for the @climatejusticeuk.bsky.social rally in Leeds on Nov 15.
Join us and be heard.
Demand a #LiveableFuture.
@galba.uk @stopburningtrees.bsky.social @friends-earth.bsky.social @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social

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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · 21d

We totally agree with @theaef.bsky.social assessment below. The govt isn't even pretending to take its climate commitments seriously in respect of aviation. They're no better than the last govt. Didn't someone say something about change during the election campaign?

Aviation Environment Federation (AEF) @theaef.bsky.social · 21d

Expanding Gatwick will be a disaster for communities. @theCCCuk advised that UK passenger numbers should not increase more than 2% by 2035. This expansion will contribute to a 14% rise in UK passenger numbers. Read AEF’s full statement below.
www.aef.org.uk/2025/09/22/g...

Gatwick expansion green light: a disaster for communities - Aviation Environment Federation

On 21 September 2025, Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP, Secretary of State for Transport, approved expansion at Gatwick Airport. AEF says that the decision puts the Government’s legally binding climate …

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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · 22d

Gatwick expansion is a dreadful decision. Greenpeace UK's policy director Doug Parr says it "completely ignores the solid evidence that increasing air travel won't drive economic growth. The only thing it's set to boost is air pollution, noise and climate emissions". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Gatwick airport second runway approved by transport secretary

There has been strong opposition against the airport wanting to use its northern runway.

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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · 28d

Just 8 days left to sign this Parliamentary petition calling on the govt to stop ALL airport expansions. If you haven’t already, please sign & share it today! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Petition: Stop airport expansion: halt all airport expansion plans across the UK

More than 20 airports across the UK have expansion plans, which will result in a combined increase of 60%+ capacity. More flights means more emissions, at a time when we should be doing everything we ...

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Aviation Environment Federation (AEF) @theaef.bsky.social · Sep 4

At a time when governments and industry are relying on Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) scaling to meet the requirements of the mandates in the UK and the EU, Shell scraps its plans for a new ‘waste-to-jet-fuel’ plant in Rotterdam.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Shell scraps construction of biofuels plant in Rotterdam

Oil firm, which paused project in 2024, will not restart work because facility deemed ‘insufficiently competitive’

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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · Sep 3

So-called 'sustainable' aviation fuel is not going to get flying to net zero. Right now, the only way to cut emissions from flying is to fly less. Please sign and share this petition to STOP ALL AIRPORT EXPANSIONS! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... Shell abandons SAF:
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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · Aug 30

This is the reality of climate change. This is why we must not let airports expand

Campaign against Climate Change @campaigncc.bsky.social · Aug 30

Huge rescue operation in Pakistan evacuates almost half a million stranded by floods

Nearly half a million people displaced as monsoon floods hit Pakistan

Heavy monsoon rains swelled rivers in eastern Pakistan, displacing nearly 500,000 people and affecting 1.5 million, officials said Saturday. The latest spell of monsoon flooding has killed 30 people…

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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · Aug 30

Galba is holding Leeds Bradford Airport to account over its unauthorised noisy night flights. This is why it matters …https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/whats-up-docs/id1803347615

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Health & Fitness Podcast · In this BBC Radio 4 podcast, Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken are on a mission to help us take better care of ourselves. Although they are identical twins, Chris and Xand are...

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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · Aug 21

If it takes the demise of Bakewell tarts to get the Telegraph on board, so be it

Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · Aug 21

Everyone's got different reasons for quitting flying.

For some it's knowing the staggering carbon emissions of flying.

For others perhaps, it's saving the Bakewell tart.

Ultimately, it doesn't matter what your incentive is. What matters is that we take climate action!

Climate change ‘could kill off the traditional Bakewell tart’

Californian heatwaves and droughts threaten global almond supply

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Aviation Environment Federation (AEF) @theaef.bsky.social · Aug 11

Great to see letters from @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social and @galba.uk in the Guardian pushing back against Heathrow Expansion 💪
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Labour is about to shred its green credentials over Heathrow’s third runway | Letters

Letters: This is aviation’s equivalent of HS2, writes John McDonnell MP, while Nick Hodgkinson says a government serious about climate commitments should not allow any airport to expand

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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · Aug 10

GALBA calls for a backbench rebellion against Heathrow expansion in the Guardian newspaper
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Labour is about to shred its green credentials over Heathrow’s third runway | Letters

Letters: This is aviation’s equivalent of HS2, writes John McDonnell MP, while Nick Hodgkinson says a government serious about climate commitments should not allow any airport to expand

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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · Aug 8

The signatories of this letter to the Chancellor, including 16 professors of economics at top UK universities, have described the claimed economic benefits of airport expansion as “at best uncertain”.

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Economists raise concerns over airport expansion in letter to Rachel Reeves

Letter comes after government receives proposals to build Heathrow’s third runway

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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · Aug 1

Stop Heathrow and all other airport expansions! Please sign the petition below and share it with your friends

Campaign against Climate Change @campaigncc.bsky.social · Aug 1

Plans for this mega-expansion (building what would effectively be the country's second biggest airport right next to its biggest airport) are obscene in a climate emergency.

It's not just Heathrow - sign the petition for a moratorium on ALL airport expansion:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Heathrow Airport's third runway expansion plans to cost £49bn

Heathrow says expansion is

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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · Aug 1

“The numbers should be taken with a pinch of salt. Similar figures were promoted last time round and were later discredited by the government’s own advisers.”

Economist Alex Chapman on Heathrow’s third runway & the economic case behind it.

www.itv.com/news/2025-07...

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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · Aug 1

Heathrow and other airport expansions are justified by their alleged economic benefit. But it ain’t true! Read on to find out why
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Optics over outcomes: How the Chancellor’s airport expansion plans don't add up

By the government's own analysis, expansion will not improve outcomes for communities across the UK

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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · Jul 27

Victory!

Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · Jul 24

Fantastic news and a huge well done to the campaigners at @galba.uk:

Leeds Bradford airport wanted to fly an unlimited number of its most frequently-used planes at night, breaking the existing Night Flight rules. GALBA challenged that and won 👏

Full report here: www.galba.uk/our-campaign...

Campaigners standing outside Leeds town hall holding pillows that say No More Night Flights

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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · Jul 27

Yes! We did it!

Stay Grounded @staygroundednet.bsky.social · Jul 24

✈️🌙 Congrats to @galba.uk for the win against Leeds Bradford Airport’s proposal to allow noisier night flights.

We need to press on for further limits on aviation for healthy communities and a climate-just future.

#RedLinesForAirports #BanNightFlights

GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · Jul 22

Good news from GALBA! We've stopped Leeds Bradford Airport from flying an unlimited number of planes at night. We won the Public Inquiry into their attempt to reinterpret the local night flight rules. It doesn't mean the end of night flights but it will limit them.
www.galba.uk/our-campaign...

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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · Jul 27

Please sign & share this petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... and watch the video below

GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · Jul 22

Good news from GALBA! We've stopped Leeds Bradford Airport from flying an unlimited number of planes at night. We won the Public Inquiry into their attempt to reinterpret the local night flight rules. It doesn't mean the end of night flights but it will limit them.
www.galba.uk/our-campaign...

We've stopped the airport from flying unlimited night flights! - Galba

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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · Jul 18

The aviation industry is desperate to convince us that clean flying is just around the corner. So-called sustainable aviation fuel is key to their case. But we can use the raw materials for SAF much more effectively to clean up other sectors. Have a read of this…
www.aef.org.uk/2025/07/18/i...

Is SAF the most efficient path to economy-wide decarbonisation? - Aviation Environment Federation

The UK’s SAF mandate came into operation in early 2025. It supports the use of primarily waste-based feedstocks to create jet fuel, creating a “closed loop” of carbon emissions that, …

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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · Jul 11

“The torrential downpours on 4 July in Texas exemplify the devastating outcomes of weather intensified by a warming atmosphere”. We'll see more of these disasters if we keep on pumping out emissions. Please sign & share this petition
NO AIRPORT EXPANSIONS!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Petition: Stop airport expansion: halt all airport expansion plans across the UK

More than 20 airports across the UK have expansion plans, which will result in a combined increase of 60%+ capacity. More flights means more emissions, at a time when we should be doing everything we ...

petition.parliament.uk

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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · Jul 11

Interesting ideas here - implementing a fair tax on aviation, developing truly zero emission fuels (which so-called Sustainable Aviation Fuel is not), changing the way we fly long haul in the future... But right now, the only thing we can do is fly less - not more
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Climate anxiety meant I could no longer work as a pilot. But I love flying – and I know we can transform aviation | George Hibberd

There’s no shortage of ideas for how to make flying greener. But it has to start within the industry – and with workers, says campaigner George Hibberd

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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · Jul 4

If the risk of a plane crashing was as high as the risk of climate breakdown, none of us would ever fly because they would not let the plane take off.
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‘This is a fight for life’: climate expert on tipping points, doomerism and using wealth as a shield

Economic assumptions about risks of the climate crisis are no longer relevant, says the communications expert Genevieve Guenther

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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · Jul 2

Here's another jolly good idea...

Aviation Environment Federation (AEF) @theaef.bsky.social · Jun 30

Should we criminalise the peddling of fossil fuel misinformation?

A UN expert thinks we should. In her damning new report, Elisa Morgera, calls for states to ban fossil fuel ads and lobbying, and criminalise greenwashing. 1/2

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UN expert urges criminalizing fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying

Rapporteur calls for defossilization of economies and urgent reparations to avert ‘catastrophic’ rights and climate harms

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