Cleanup cost of Heathrow third runway doubles to ?100bn, MPs told

Price to offset runway's carbon emissions has increased from ?50bn since expansion approval in 2018The cost of abating the carbon impact of a proposed third runway at Heathrow has doubled since parliament approved the idea of expansion, a report presented to MPs suggests.A study by the New Economics Foundation suggests the carbon value or cleanup cost of the runway has increased from ?50bn to ?100bn, twice the figure presented to ministers and parliamentarians by the Department for Transport in the Airports National Policy Statement (ANPS) in 2018. Continue reading...