There’s something bitterly ironic about a government claiming to take the climate crisis seriously while backing the expansion of Heathrow Airport — a project that will release an estimated 4.4 million tonnes of CO₂ every year.
As a Green politician you’d expect me to make this point: that’s it’s an obvious environmental disaster in the making. But it’s also a project that’s deeply unjust — one that will benefit the rich while further burdening those already paying the highest price for climate inaction.
