Against officer advice, North Somerset councillors have rejected plans to increase the capacity of Bristol Airport, concluding the scheme's negative impact on climate change outweighed the "narrower benefits to airport expansion".
Councillor John Ley-Morgan said: "How can we achieve our ambition for carbon neutrality by 2030 if we approve this decision?"
Wow!!!— Alex Morss 🌎⏳ (@morss_alex) February 10, 2020
Bristol Airport expansion has just been REFUSED by North Somerset councillors.
They voted 18:7 (1 abstained) essentially that economic gain does not outweigh catastrophic environmental impacts including climate change. A victory for climate justice over dinosaur economics! pic.twitter.com/kXHgOe8pHr
