Representation by El Litten
- Date submitted
- 22 June 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Main issues with the London Luton Airport Expansion proposal: * Causing deaths and health problems in Luton - Luton is already the most air polluted town in the UK, and doubling passenger numbers will massively increase the amount of particulate air pollution (currently causing approx 86 deaths per year in the town) being put into the atmosphere. * Causing deaths and health problems around the world - doubling the amount of air passengers and airport expansion generally is a catastrophic and immoral idea in the context of the climate emergency and the disasters, damage and deaths that it is causing in the UK and around the world. * Not economically good for Luton - huge debts are being racked up in early parts of the expansion project (approx £345million over past 3 years), and the airport's donations to local causes have been falling over the same period. Betting on air passenger numbers to continue to increase for the forseeable future (and racking up debts on this basis) when the world is waking up to how fast CO2 emissions must fall for a small chance at a liveable future for humanity is short sighted and impractical.