by SASIG | Dec 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
7 – 9 March 2011 Airports increasingly present a major infrastrucutre constraint to meeting the demand for air travel. Airport development often conflicts with other policy objectives and is becoming a highly contentious topic. This seminar from the University...
by SASIG | Dec 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
26 November 2010 The European Union (EU) has threatened seven Member States with legal action over their slow progress incorporating European aviation emissions legislation into national law. Cyprus, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia have all been...
by SASIG | Dec 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
22 November 2010 Dr Daniel Poulter (Conservative, Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will take into account whether destinations for flights have low carbon economies, in his proposals for changes to levels of air...
by SASIG | Dec 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
17 November 2010 Joan Walley (Labour, Chair of the Environment Audit Select Committee): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his most recent assessment is of the effect on the reduction of UK greenhouse gas emissions of carbon sink failure....
by SASIG | Dec 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
23 November 2010 Speaking at a debate on high-speed rail (HSR), Transport Minister, Theresa Villiers, announced that the consultation on HSR would run for five months and will consider the local environmental impacts and ways to mitigate its impact. High-speed rail...
by SASIG | Dec 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
25 November 2010 Transport spending will help rebalance the economy and support the regions, MPs heard at a debate on the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR). Speaking at the debate, Transport Minister Theresa Villiers, confirmed that to reduce overall spending by...
