UK can still meet carbon targets with Heathrow expansion, government says

Madeleine Cuff
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Campaigners blast government claim Heathrow can be delivered under climate targets as 'wishful thinking'

The addition of a third runway at Heathrow will not endanger the UK's ability to meet its legally binding climate change targets, the government has claimed in a new Airports National Policy Statement...

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