The Supreme Court has breathed new life into plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport.
The scheme was previously blocked by the Appeal Court, who said the government’s airports strategy didn’t meet up-to-date UK climate targets.
But the Supreme Court has ruled the strategy was legitimately based on previous, less stringent, climate targets at the time it was agreed.
The firm behind Heathrow can now seek planning permission for the runway.
But it still faces major obstacles, including having to persuade a public enquiry of the case for expansion....read here
