Dear John,

Gatwick's second runway has been given ministerial support today. And with the UK government also supporting bigger expansion plans for a third runway at Heathrow, it’s on the side of climate and community-wrecking airport growth.

Heathrow’s on-and-off expansion plans have gone on for years. With the support of people like you, we’ve challenged and delayed these plans whenever they’ve resurfaced.

Will you join us with a monthly donation to help fund our continued fight against Heathrow’s expansion?

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ recent support for Heathrow expansion flies in the face of climate science and her own government’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions.

Your support now is crucial, as it was in 2020, when supporters like you helped us challenge Heathrow’s third runway in the courts and support groups fighting airport expansion locally. Our delaying tactics forced Heathrow to shelve its plans. Now, we need to stand together once more.

Your donation today can:

• Help fund legal and political action to challenge Heathrow’s third runway.
• Support local groups fighting airport expansion in affected communities.
• Hold the government accountable for its climate promises and push for investment in green growth.

Thanks to our generous supporters, we’ve won campaigns like this before. But with government ministers signalling their backing for airport expansion again, we need to ramp up the pressure.

So, if you can, please donate monthly to strengthen our campaign.

We know a healthy economy is important, but more runways aren’t the answer. We can’t afford more airport expansion in a climate emergency. New runways at Gatwick and Heathrow would disrupt peoples’ lives and impact their health. And threaten our natural environment and precious wildlife.

The path to prosperity lies in cheap, renewable energy, better public transport, thriving nature and green jobs – not more runways.

With your support, we're one step closer to winning this campaign to protect people and planet.

Thank you for standing with us,

Jenny Bates

Climate Campaigner, Friends of the Earth