Here’s some good news: we can still limit the effects of climate change , like floods and wildfires, if we make the right choices today. As Sir David Attenborough said: “Never before have we had such an awareness of what we are doing to the planet, and never before have we had the power to do something about that.” Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Yorkshire Evening Post, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.
Burning fossil fuels, like jet fuel, produces greenhouse gas emissions that pollute the climate. Most people want our government to protect the climate and scientists say we can, and must, cut all emissions in half by 2030. Yet Leeds Bradford Airport’s new ‘vision’ would increase greenhouse gases by 2030.
LBA says that increase would be temporary , so it doesn’t matter. That simply isn’t true - the next few years are crucial. The scientific advice is crystal clear.
The Climate Change Committee is an expert body and its recommendation to government is to stop all airports from expanding unless there are clean fuels that are proven to cut aircraft emissions at large scale. That may well happen one day but the experts agree that day is a long way off. So the responsible decision is not to increase flying until that day comes.
That doesn’t mean closing the airport or stopping holidays abroad - it just means not expa.