Today news
About the same in other media
29.12 - 07:46
Cleanup cost of Heathrow third runway doubles to £100bn, MPs told
Reading now: 417
The cost of abating the carbon impact of a proposed third runway at Heathrow has doubled since parliament approved the idea of expansion, a report presented to MPs suggests.
A study by the New Economics Foundation suggests the carbon value or cleanup cost of the runway has increased from £50bn to £100bn, twice the figure presented to ministers and parliamentarians by the Department for Transport in the Airports National Policy Statement (ANPS) in 2018.
The “carbon value” of the expansion is the price of abatement required to offset the carbon emissions of the runway. This autumn, the government revised carbon values to bring them into line with new legally binding net zero obligations, passed in June 2019.
The report – presented to the
Read more on theguardian.comAbout this in other media
Slice of life: New York’s famed $1 street pizza under threat from rising costs theguardian.com /2 years ago
Eric Clapton to waive legal costs against woman who attempted to sell single bootlegged CD theguardian.com /2 years ago
Stock futures rise slightly as market looks to extend comeback rally to a third day cnbc.com /2 years ago
Show more
The website finance-news.co is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.
