Airplot!

Climate-wrecking plans for a third runway at Heathrow airport have been axed. In a huge victory in the fight for genuine action against catastrophic climate change, the coalition government has cancelled the project. Which means that Airplot, the piece of land slap bang in the middle of the proposed third runway site at Heathrow and collectively owned by tens of thousands of people from around the world, probably won't now be needed.

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Your choice: 22 million trees, or a bloody huge runway

Heathrow: about as grey as it gets. Photo: CC from Sharkbait@Flickr "There's too much grey in Britain, and not enough green." After a long,...
Posted by christian - 24 March, 2009 - 14:33 -

Beholden to the planet

Katie is the latest contributor to our spring blog relay - catch up on entries from other Greenpeace staff.Greenpeace is beholden to no government or...
Posted by KatieWhalley - 10 March, 2009 - 18:33

Practical dreamers of the world unite

Next contestant please. In contemplating what informs my role as a political advisor in the policy and solutions unit at Greenpeace I got to thinking about a...
Posted by simonc - 5 March, 2009 - 17:19 -

You've got to build runways...

Campaigners took their opposition to Stansted expansion to the courts today, but are there other reasons to think it might never happen? Another day,...
Posted by christian - 24 February, 2009 - 14:41 -

Designing the Airplot

Spot the plot - some of the other ideas for Airplot logos. Everyone is excited about Airplot. (Have you joined up?) I'm excited, the 32,000 people (and...
Posted by christian - 5 February, 2009 - 15:59
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