Air is full of Heathrow growth misinformation

Air is full of Heathrow growth misinformation

• Maidenhead Advertiser

• 6 Feb 2020

I am writing to follow-up on the excellent letter by Paul Strzelecki (Viewpoint, January 30) regarding the misleading leaflet delivered by Back Heathrow.

It is right that we must reduce global warming. The Paris Climate Accord determined that we must ensure that average temperature does not exceed 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, but it is now already 1C above and is headed towards 3C above by 2100.

BackHeathrow’s leaflet says that electric planes are the answer but this is not the case.

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