News Round-Up
15 April 2025
by Toby Young
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by Sallust
Net Zero has been blamed for the complete shutdown of Heathrow after an aviation industry expert told Reform MP Richard Tice that Heathrow is moving from diesel back-up generators to biomass and the new system failed.
Ed Miliband skipped Rachel Reeves's speech announcing support for a third runway at Heathrow in an apparent snub to plans that he previously threated to resign over.
It's welcome to see growth overcoming Net Zero considerations when it comes to the Labour Government's line on Heathrow expansion. But is it a false dawn for the demise of green ideology, asks Ben Pile.
The Met Office claims to have a record of temperatures at Stornoway Airport going back to 1873. Which is odd, says Chris Morrison, since powered flight was not invented until 1903 and the airport didn't exist until 1937.
In an unexpected development, two men seen in CCTV footage attacking police officers at Manchester airport in July have been charged by the CPS and the police officers involved have all been cleared. Only took five months.
Recent UK temperature records at Heathrow and Hull East Park have left the Daily Sceptic's Environment Editor wondering if nearby jet engines and solar farms had any part to play...
Israeli passengers have voiced outrage over harassment and "degrading treatment" by customs officials wearing pro-Palestine badges at Heathrow Airport.
All around the world airports are being built and enlarged in countries which appear to realise the 'climate crisis' is just a load of nonsense. But not in poor, gullible Britain.
The U.K. Government is risking the ire of environmental groups by planning to expand airports despite climate warnings, citing economic benefits and banking on greener aviation fuels to mitigate environmental impact.
Fresh doubts have emerged about the UK 40.3°C temperature record by an airfield runway this summer as data show the temperature spiked by 1.3°C in just six minutes and dropped again a minute later.
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