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UK – AirportWatch Europe

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Funded in 2000, Airportwatch is an umbrella organisation campaigning for a sustainable and equitable aviation policy in Europe. Airportwatch can count on powerful organisations like Aviation Environment Federation, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, WWF UK to cite a few… for support in the struggle. Airport watch produces news bulletins every 6 weeks or so to […]

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LERCHENBERG DECLARATION

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Joint Communiqué of people and municipalities affected by air, road and train noise for the European elections 2014 We are calling on candidates for the European Parliament to use their influence to finally control the growing environmental impact of noise caused by aircraft, roadways and railway traffic through appropriate measures, providing the necessary budgets and […]

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Threatening the existence of regional airports will not solve the problem of low-cost airlines

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“Attacking regional airports is not the solution to the problem of fiscal and social dumping by low cost airlines”, said Franck Proust MEP on Tuesday afternoon during a panel discussion that was held in the European Parliament. “Rather than endangering the survival of regional airports, the European Commission should regulate the relationship between traditional companies […]

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250th Monday demonstration in Frankfurt

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A fourth runway was opened at Frankfurt Airport on 21 October 2011, raising the noise level and emissions of pollutants in the Rhine-Main area to a new level. Thus, decreasing the quality of life and damaging the health of the people. The protest against this remains strong. ‘Bündnis der Bürgerinitiativen’ originated in the fight against […]

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Health, climate: three associations take Beauvais airport to court

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The associations Notre Affaire à Tous, Sauvez le Beauvaisis and ADERA are today taking legal action before the Administrative Court of Amiens to stop the expansion of air traffic at Beauvais airport, the hub of the low-cost airline Ryanair. The legal action they are launching is the first in France to combine health (noise pollution, […]
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Study on Airport Noise Reduction

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Executive summary Introduction Aircraft noise has been a sensitive issue for residents in areas near airports since jet aircraft became widely used in the 1960s and 1970s. It has resulted in a proliferation of local and national legislations and policies to manage aircraft noise over the intervening decades. Governments and industry have sought improvement […]
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