by SASIG | Nov 20, 2006 | Uncategorized
Further evidence to support SASIG’s call for a review of national aviation policy has come from the government’s own sustainable development advisor – the Sustainable Development Commission. Aviation policy needs a reality check – & a new...
by SASIG | Nov 1, 2006 | SASIG Members: Publications
Aviation growth is booming ahead although passengers and the public are becoming more aware of the environmental costs that their activities impose on the planet. The 2003 Aviation White Paper – Did the Government get it right?...
by SASIG | May 5, 2006 | Uncategorized
The Government is currently seeking to make amendments to the Civil Aviation Act (1982) which would leave communities around airports exposed to even greater levels of aircraft noise than at present. The issue will be debated in the House of Commons on Monday 8 May....
by SASIG | Nov 22, 2005 | SASIG Members: Publications
The recent Stern Report on ‘The Economics of Climate Change’ highlighted the damaging and growing impact of carbon emissions from the aviation industry. The Government’s own watchdog, the environmental Audit Committee, has clearly called for the Government...
by SASIG | Nov 22, 2005 | SASIG Members: Publications
SASIG has welcomed the Government’s promise to “bear down on noise at night” but is telling Members of Parliament that the proposals to increase the existing number of night flights at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted make a mockery of the so-called promise which was in...
