Heathrow expansion – Another triumph for the Spirit of the Age? - preview
Laurie Michaelis explores the reasoning behind – and impact of – the government decision to authorise construction of a new runway at the UK’s busiest airport
Last week the government announced its decision to allow construction of a third runway at Heathrow Arguments for and against have been well-rehearsed They mostly stay within conventional bounds, weighing up costs and benefits in familiar human and monetary terms
In its consultation document last year, the government made clear its support for the expansion because of economic benefits it would bring Protests have centred on the village of Sipson, which would be bulldozed to make way for the runway, and the 2007 Climate Camp, which drew attention to the implications of the expansion for climate change
Laurie Michaelis
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