"There should be a moratorium on the expansion of all UK airports if the government's ambitious targets to cut CO2 emissions by 80% by 2050 are to have any chance of success, according to a leading climate scientist. Kevin Anderson, a climate scientist at the University of Manchester's Tyndall Centre, said that technologies will not arrive quickly enough to offset the projected increase in air passenger numbers and that the only practical solution for the industry is to curb the demand for flying." (Quoted from article)