LONDON Britain s top court gave the go-ahead to the expansion of Heathrow Airport on Wednesday, allowing the 14 billion pound (US$19 billion) plan to proceed after decades of legal battles and political wrangling. The Supreme Court ruling overturned a previous court decision that had blocked the plan on environmental grounds. Heathrow, Britain s biggest airport, is keen to proceed despite the plunge in air traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic that has seen it lose its crown as the busiest hub in Europe. In February, a court had declared the expansion unlawful, ruling in favor of climate change campaigners. The judge had said that a failure to take into account the British government s commitments on climate change was legally fatal to the plans.
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The Supreme Court ruling overturned a previous court decision that had blocked the plan on environmental grounds.
Heathrow, Britain’s biggest airport, is keen to proceed despite the plunge in air traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic that has seen it lose its crown as the busiest hub in Europe.
In February, a court had declared the expansion unlawful, ruling in favour of climate change campaigners. The judge had said that a failure to take into account the British government’s commitments on climate change was “legally fatal” to the plans.
But a Supreme Court judge told a virtual session on Wednesday that the government had taken climate change commitments into account when designing its airport policy.
2020-12-16 16:01:14 GMT2020-12-17 00:01:14(Beijing Time) Sina English
Britain’s top court gave the go-ahead to the expansion of Heathrow Airport yesterday, allowing the 14 billion pound (US$19 billion) plan to proceed after decades of legal battles and political wrangling.
The Supreme Court ruling overturned a previous court decision that had blocked the plan on environmental grounds.
Heathrow, Britain’s biggest airport, is keen to proceed despite the plunge in air traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic that has seen it lose its crown as the busiest hub in Europe.
In February, a court had declared the expansion unlawful, ruling in favor of climate change campaigners. The judge had said that a failure to take into account the British government’s commitments on climate change was “legally fatal” to the plans.
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Britain’s top court gave the go-ahead to the expansion of Heathrow Airport on Wednesday, allowing the £14 billion ($19-billion) plan to proceed after decades of legal battles and political wrangling.
The Supreme Court ruling overturned a previous court decision that had blocked the plan on environmental grounds.
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