Office for Environmental Protection report for Parliament says Government needs to focus on resource efficiency and is currently likely to miss key targets
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AN MP has been urged to make his position clear on the expansion of Leeds Bradford Airport. Sixty constituents of Pudsey, Horsforth and Aireborough MP Stuart Andrew have written an open letter to him expressing their opposition and asking him to make his position clear on the matter.They say every other MP in Leeds, and the majority in Bradford has either objected to the application or written to Secretary of State Robert Jenrick urging him to call in the application. They say: Your constituents, in particular, will suffer directly from the noise and pollution caused by an extra 15k flights per annum. Central to the application is a relaxation of flight restrictions which will mean more night flights and more early morning flights. The noise caused by this will have serious physical and mental health implications for your constituents. The pollution caused by the aircraft and the increased vehicle traffic associated with the airport will further exacerbate the already high l
South Lakes MP calls on Government to ditch plans for West Cumbria coal mine
Aerial CGI of Woodhouse Colliery mine site
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament calling on the Government to ditch plans for a new deep coal mine in Cumbria.
A proposal for an undersea coking coal mine, off the coast of Whitehaven, by West Cumbria Mining, was approved by Cumbria County Council in October.
However, the authority suspended the approval earlier this month, because, it said, of ‘new information’ from the Government regarding action on climate change.
It said at the time: âThis decision has been taken because in December 2020, the Governmentâs Climate Change Committee released its report on its recommendations for the Sixth Carbon Budget, a requirement under the Climate Change Act.