Are Labour’s plans to offset Heathrow expansion emissions all pie in the sky?

Government is counting on tech to provide a panacea, but there may be simpler ways to keep climate goals on trackHeathrow submits ‘shovel-ready’ plans for third runwayWhy is Heathrow’s third runway back on the agenda?Expanding Heathrow would result in increased carbon dioxide emissions and could put the UK further off track on its climate goals, but the government is claiming it can offset that by investing in research on new low-carbon fuels for aircraft and on electric planes.However, any such technology is still decades away, if it ever reaches commercial scale, making it certain that any new runway in the near future would be used by the same kerosene-fuelled, high-carbon aircraft that we have today. Continue reading...

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