Over 50 people turned up at St.Mawgan Community Hall this Saturday evening for a public debate and discussion about the expansion plans for Newquay Airport. Despite being invited both the County Council and the Airport management failed to put up anyone to make the case for the massive spend of Cornwall Taxpayers money supporting the airport. The main speakers were Howard from Rising Tide Kernow who had organised the event, Malcolm Carroll from Greenpeace and Plane Stupid and Oliver Baines of Groundswell Cornwall.

21 COUNTY GROUPS CALL FOR STAVERTON EXPANSION PLANS TO BE SHELVED

In an unprecedented move, groups from across the County have come ogether to condemn plans to expand Staverton Airport. Their letter is reproduced below.

Philip Booth, who helped organise the letter and has campaigned for over five years against the airport expansion said: "The failures of the climate talks in Bali to come up with any real action is deeply worrying. Locally twenty-one groups have readily stepped forward to sign this letter: we could have found many more groups. A lot of us find it very hard to understand how we can allow an airport to increase emissions when we know that to avoid catastrophic climate change we all need to cut emissions by 90% or more. What other sectors will need to cut their emissions if we allow the airport to expand?"