Author Archives: John Stewart

Actions, Key Issues, Manifestation, Night Flight Ban, Night flights, Protest

Thousands Protest Against Night Flights

Posted on by John Stewart
15
Sep

Over 200 organisations have signed a petition from Stay Grounded calling for a Ban on Night Flights. 13th September marked a Day of Action in support of a ban. Thousands of people took park in action. In Brussels they were joined by leading politicians. Below are a few of the pictures from the day. And […]

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Actions, Fact Finding

New report compares rail & air fares

Posted on by John Stewart
29
Aug

A new report from Greenpeace Europe has found that of the 109 cross-border routes analysed only 39%  were cheaper by train – In contrast, the results for the 33 domestic routes analysed were 70% being cheaper by train. You can read the full report here: https://greenpeace.at/uploads/2025/08/greenpeace-analysis-flight-vs-trains-2025.pdf  

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Health, Noise & Health, UECNA

New Environment Agency Report: millions impacted by noise

Posted on by John Stewart
26
Aug

A new report from the European Environment Agency has found over 20% of Europeans — more than one in five — are exposed to harmful transport noise levels. When measured against stricter World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations, this figure rises to over 30%, or nearly one in three citizens. Road traffic is the most widespread […]

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UECNA

The Difficulty of Building a Heathrow Third Runway

Posted on by John Stewart
24
Aug

Heathrow’s runway: billions for business as usual, while our communities and planet pay the price (This article is a clear explanation of the problems of building a third runway at Heathrow. I has been reprinted from ‘Labour Hub’ – 22/8/25). By Paul Beckford The proposed expansion of Heathrow Airport stands as a defining test of […]

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UECNA

Heathrow submits plans for a 3rd runway

Posted on by John Stewart
01
Aug

At the UK Government’s request Heathrow Airport has today (1st August) submitted plans for a 3rd runway that would result in 750 more planes a day using the airport and which would cost over £20bn with another £12bn to upgrade Terminal 5. The Government will respond in the Autumn. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/01/heathrow-submits-shovel-ready-plans-for-third-runway

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