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Actions & Events

Airport Master Plan consultation (Sep 2006)
Centenary of Flight (Dec 2003)

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Briefings

Alexander the Great: Will the new Transport Secretary cut aviation emissions? (Friends of the Earth, Nov 2006, PDF, 66 KB)
Pie in the Sky: Why the costs of airport expansion outweigh the benefits (Friends of the Earth, Sep 2006, PDF, 419 KB)
Why airport expansion is bad for regional economies (Friends of the Earth, Aug 2005, PDF, 105 KB)
Aviation and Climate Change - Summary Report (Tyndall Centre, Jun 2005, PDF, 3.2 MB)
Aviation and the Economy (Friends of the Earth, May 2005, PDF, 73 KB)
The Economics of Aviation: a North West England perspective (CPRE North West, Mar 2003, PDF, 296 KB)

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Media Coverage

Article: Campaigners scoff at airport plans (Manchester Evening News, 15 Nov 2007, web link)
Letter: Airport has part to play (Manchester Evening News, 26 Jan 2007, web link)
Article: Airport Expansion Plans Are 'Irresponsible' Claim Greens (Manchester Evening News, 30 Sep 2006, JPG, 128 KB)
Interview: BBC GMR (5 Aug 2005, MP3, 1.1 MB)
Article: Green Fury Over Airport Plans (Manchester Evening News, 25 Oct 2002, web link)

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Newsletter Articles

Airport Plans Irresponsible (Winter 2006)
Take the Airport Pledge (Dec 2004)
Is It Really Quicker to Fly? (Sep 2004)
Noisy Nuisance (May 2004)
Aviation Policy Impacts Global Warming (May 2004)
Comment: Budget Airlines - A Bill to Pay? (Feb 2004)
A Century of Flight (Feb 2004)
Flying into the future - lessons from the past? (Nov 2003)
Runaway Runways (May 2003)
A Third Runway for Manchester? (Feb 2003)
Third Runway (Sep 2002)

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Press Releases

Airport is Hiding Behind Smokescreen (Nov 2007)
Destination Climate Chaos for Airport (Sep 2006)
Manchester to be the next Heathrow (Dec 2003)
Jumbo Week for Aviation (Dec 2003)
Flight Path Poet Slams Airport's Centenary Celebration (Dec 2003)
MPs Share Greens' Jumbo Tax Concerns (Nov 2003)
Public Services Lose out in Plane Insanity (Nov 2003)
Early Day Motion not Early Morning Congestion (Oct 2003)
Last Chance to Stop Plane Insanity (Jun 2003)
Plane Talking Public (May 2003)
165,000 jobs a year flying away, warns leading professor (May 2003)
Hyprocrite Government Flies into the Sun (Apr 2003)

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