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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport
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Say NO to Leeds Bradford Airport expansion.
Say YES to a safer, greener and quieter future.
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This is an excellent explanation of why the govt's headlong rush for airport expansions is wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. Thank you @flightfreeuk.bsky.social
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Should the Government be supporting Airport Expansion?
We comment on the Government response to our petition to Stop Airport Expansion
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November 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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You pay fuel duty. Why don’t billionaires?

This week, we launched WeWingAnyCar.com to help you qualify for the same tax breaks that private jets get.

Because tax loopholes shouldn’t just be for billionaires.

They’re for everyone.
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
galba.uk
With the upcoming budget in mind, have a look at this…
wearepossible.bsky.social Possible @wearepossible.bsky.social · 5d
Did you know you pay more fuel tax on a single car journey than a billionaire does on a private jet flight?

Right now the gov is subsidising tax breaks, when they could be using that tax to generate billions for public services.

Help us change this: https://bit.ly/43NAeFN
A large SUV with private jet wings A group of campaigners holding "Tax Private Jets" signs.
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
galba.uk
This is worth reading and sharing
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Your flight emissions are way higher than carbon calculators suggest
Existing tools that work out the carbon footprint of flights greatly underestimate their warming impact, say the makers of a new calculator
www.newscientist.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
galba.uk
Join us in Leeds on Saturday 15 November. As world leaders meet in Brazil, we'll march to call for urgent action to tackle climate change and speed up a fair transition from dirty fossil fuels to the clean energy world of the future. Assemble from midday to 1pm in Merrion Street Gardens, LS2 8NG.
November 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
galba.uk
Govt policy is so, so, so wrong. There is no alternative to stopping airport expansions if we are at all serious about limiting climate change. That's why we're taking the govt's reckless and irresponsible Jet Zero Strategy to court www.galba.uk/our-campaign...
October 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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BREAKING! New Leeds Bradford Airport expansion application due in November. That's bad news for the climate, air quality and people under the flight path. Find out more on this link:
docs.google.com/document/d/1... And join GALBA to fight LBA's irresponsible plans! www.galba.uk/take-action/...
251017 LBA s73 application
BREAKING! New LBA expansion application New LBA planning application to increase night flights expected in November Resist LBA’s new planning application! What does the airport want? How would an an...
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October 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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The UK’s Climate Change Committee says aviation will be the UK’s highest emitting sector by 2040. All the targets for reducing aviation emissions are for 2050. That allows us to indulge in thinking about possibilities, rather than commercial reality. @theaef.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/4e8d...
How politicians and passengers gave up on greener air travel
A renewed push for economic growth has added to technological challenges and problems with carbon offset schemes
www.ft.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
galba.uk
GALBA is fully behind this - let's leave a liveable world for future generations
October 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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We totally agree with @theaef.bsky.social assessment below. The govt isn't even pretending to take its climate commitments seriously in respect of aviation. They're no better than the last govt. Didn't someone say something about change during the election campaign?
September 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Gatwick expansion is a dreadful decision. Greenpeace UK's policy director Doug Parr says it "completely ignores the solid evidence that increasing air travel won't drive economic growth. The only thing it's set to boost is air pollution, noise and climate emissions". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gatwick airport second runway approved by transport secretary
There has been strong opposition against the airport wanting to use its northern runway.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Just 8 days left to sign this Parliamentary petition calling on the govt to stop ALL airport expansions. If you haven’t already, please sign & share it today! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Stop airport expansion: halt all airport expansion plans across the UK
More than 20 airports across the UK have expansion plans, which will result in a combined increase of 60%+ capacity. More flights means more emissions, at a time when we should be doing everything we ...
petition.parliament.uk
September 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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theaef.bsky.social
At a time when governments and industry are relying on Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) scaling to meet the requirements of the mandates in the UK and the EU, Shell scraps its plans for a new ‘waste-to-jet-fuel’ plant in Rotterdam.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Shell scraps construction of biofuels plant in Rotterdam
Oil firm, which paused project in 2024, will not restart work because facility deemed ‘insufficiently competitive’
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
galba.uk
So-called 'sustainable' aviation fuel is not going to get flying to net zero. Right now, the only way to cut emissions from flying is to fly less. Please sign and share this petition to STOP ALL AIRPORT EXPANSIONS! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... Shell abandons SAF:
nltimes.nl/2025/09/03/s...
September 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
galba.uk
This is the reality of climate change. This is why we must not let airports expand
August 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Galba is holding Leeds Bradford Airport to account over its unauthorised noisy night flights. This is why it matters …https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/whats-up-docs/id1803347615
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August 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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If it takes the demise of Bakewell tarts to get the Telegraph on board, so be it
flightfreeuk.bsky.social Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · Aug 21
Everyone's got different reasons for quitting flying.

For some it's knowing the staggering carbon emissions of flying.

For others perhaps, it's saving the Bakewell tart.

Ultimately, it doesn't matter what your incentive is. What matters is that we take climate action!
Climate change ‘could kill off the traditional Bakewell tart’
Californian heatwaves and droughts threaten global almond supply
www.telegraph.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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theaef.bsky.social
Great to see letters from @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social and @galba.uk in the Guardian pushing back against Heathrow Expansion 💪
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Labour is about to shred its green credentials over Heathrow’s third runway | Letters
Letters: This is aviation’s equivalent of HS2, writes John McDonnell MP, while Nick Hodgkinson says a government serious about climate commitments should not allow any airport to expand
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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GALBA calls for a backbench rebellion against Heathrow expansion in the Guardian newspaper
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Labour is about to shred its green credentials over Heathrow’s third runway | Letters
Letters: This is aviation’s equivalent of HS2, writes John McDonnell MP, while Nick Hodgkinson says a government serious about climate commitments should not allow any airport to expand
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
galba.uk
The signatories of this letter to the Chancellor, including 16 professors of economics at top UK universities, have described the claimed economic benefits of airport expansion as ​“at best uncertain”.

neweconomics.org/2025/08/econ...
Economists raise concerns over airport expansion in letter to Rachel Reeves
Letter comes after government receives proposals to build Heathrow’s third runway
neweconomics.org
August 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
galba.uk
Stop Heathrow and all other airport expansions! Please sign the petition below and share it with your friends
campaigncc.bsky.social Campaign against Climate Change @campaigncc.bsky.social · Aug 1
Plans for this mega-expansion (building what would effectively be the country's second biggest airport right next to its biggest airport) are obscene in a climate emergency.

It's not just Heathrow - sign the petition for a moratorium on ALL airport expansion:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Heathrow Airport's third runway expansion plans to cost £49bn
Heathrow says expansion is
www.bbc.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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“The numbers should be taken with a pinch of salt. Similar figures were promoted last time round and were later discredited by the government’s own advisers.”

Economist Alex Chapman on Heathrow’s third runway & the economic case behind it.

www.itv.com/news/2025-07...
www.itv.com
August 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
galba.uk
Heathrow and other airport expansions are justified by their alleged economic benefit. But it ain’t true! Read on to find out why
neweconomics.org/2025/01/opti...
Optics over outcomes: How the Chancellor’s airport expansion plans don't add up
By the government's own analysis, expansion will not improve outcomes for communities across the UK
neweconomics.org
August 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
galba.uk
Victory!
flightfreeuk.bsky.social Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · Jul 24
Fantastic news and a huge well done to the campaigners at @galba.uk:

Leeds Bradford airport wanted to fly an unlimited number of its most frequently-used planes at night, breaking the existing Night Flight rules. GALBA challenged that and won 👏

Full report here: www.galba.uk/our-campaign...
Campaigners standing outside Leeds town hall holding pillows that say No More Night Flights
July 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Yes! We did it!
staygroundednet.bsky.social Stay Grounded @staygroundednet.bsky.social · Jul 24
✈️🌙 Congrats to @galba.uk for the win against Leeds Bradford Airport’s proposal to allow noisier night flights.

We need to press on for further limits on aviation for healthy communities and a climate-just future.

#RedLinesForAirports #BanNightFlights
galba.uk GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · Jul 22
Good news from GALBA! We've stopped Leeds Bradford Airport from flying an unlimited number of planes at night. We won the Public Inquiry into their attempt to reinterpret the local night flight rules. It doesn't mean the end of night flights but it will limit them.
www.galba.uk/our-campaign...
July 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM