Terry Waite to speak against Stansted airport expansion
Terry Waite is to speak at a concert organised by campaigners against further expansion at Stansted and Heathrow airports.
Mr Waite, who lives at Hartest, will share a platform with Conservative Party environment expert Zac Goldsmith.
The concert, at the Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair, on March 6, is designed to unite communities "threatened" by expansion at Stansted and Heathrow.
Mr Waite has in the past criticised BAA's airport expansion for environmental reasons. Campaigners are waiting for the results of last year's public inquiry into Uttlesford District Council's decision to refuse a planning application for Stansted's latest expansion plans.
He said: "At one time, it looked like a second runway was a foregone conclusion.
"It still has to be fought against, but there is no longer such a clear cut case.
"We are fighting to get our messages about airport expansion through on two fronts, against the expansion of flights and passenger numbers, and we are fighting because the proposals would affect the whole infrastructure and tranquillity of this part of the country.
"If development went ahead we would all be affected. The first loss would be our heritage, something which could never be replaced.
"Then there would be the contribution to environmental pollution, not only noise from overflying but more than a doubling of carbon dioxide emissions from the present five million tonnes annually from airport operations to some 12 million tonnes with a second runway.
"It is a dreadful thought."
Carol Barbone, Stop Stansted Expansion's campaign director, said: "Our two communities are in the frontline of the airport expansion battle and this occasion will have a symbolic as well as practical role in demonstrating our shared commitment to overturning BAA's plans for its airports in the south east."
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