Environmentalists call for cancellation of new airport

The Portugal News
14 April 2025

Nine environmental organisations have called, in connection with the early legislative elections, for the cancellation of any aviation expansion project in Portugal and the construction of a public transport service that is accessible to all.

"Expanding Portela airport as well as building a new airport would be madness that would put the pedal to the metal on climate chaos through increased greenhouse gas emissions, with harmful effects on the lives of millions of people around the world and in Portugal," they declare in a statement entitled “No to the expansion of aviation, yes to fair mobility.”

Environmentalists argue that the “billions of euros that would be wasted on an airport expansion” should be “invested in a public transport network accessible to all people, including night trains for international travel”.

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