Britain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Heathrow, one of the world’s busiest airports, can build a third runway, overturning a legal decision to block the plan on environmental grounds.
The nation’s highest court struck down a Court of Appeal ruling in February that the UK government had failed to take into account climate change commitments when in 2018 it approved the new runway at the London airport.
Heathrow successfully argued that the Court of Appeal made errors of law.
Environmental group Greenpeace said Prime Minister Boris Johnson should still not allow the project to proceed, in the light of his government’s targets on cutting carbon emissions.
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In February, three leading judges ruled that former Transport Secretary Chris Grayling failed to take account of the Government s commitments to tackling climate change when setting out support for the project in an Airports National Policy Statement (ANPS).
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Britain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Heathrow, one of the world’s busiest airports, can build a third runway, overturning a legal decision to block the plan on environmental grounds.
The nation’s highest court struck down a Court of Appeal ruling in February that the UK government had failed to take into account climate change commitments when in 2018 it approved the new runway at the London airport.
Heathrow successfully argued that the Court of Appeal made errors of law.
Environmental group Greenpeace said Prime Minister Boris Johnson should still not allow the project to proceed, in the light of his government’s targets on cutting carbon emissions.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to join the UK-hosted G-7 summit next year, said UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. I m pleased that Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited Prime Minister Modi to join the UK-hosted G7 summit next year. UK Prime Minister Johnson has also accepted the very generous invitation to attend India s Republic Day celebrations in January, which is a great honour, he said.
PM Johnson will attend India s annual Republic Day parade in New Delhi.
Raab expressed huge admiration for India adding that it has now become a huge presence on the global stage .