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Heathrow's Third Runway Ruled Illegal over Climate Change

The UK’s busiest airport maintains the third runway is essential to boost the country’s global connectivity post-Brexit.

By Cathy Buyck • Contributor - Europe

February 27, 2020

Heathrow Airport remained upbeat on plans to build a third runway despite the London Court of Appeal’s ruling on Thursday that the UK government's decision to give the £14 billion project the go-ahead was unlawful on environmental grounds. In their ruling, the judges considered that the former government failed to take account of its commitment to the 2016 Paris agreement on climate change when setting out its support for Heathrow’s expansion in its national policy statement on aviation. Environmental groups, London mayor Sadiq Khan, and five councils in London affected by the expansion brought legal action over the government's approval of the proposed third runway on grounds of climate, noise, air pollution, and economic growth.

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