The proposed Tarras airport could create tens of thousands of tonnes of extra carbon dioxide a year – at a time the world must drastically cut back to limit the impact of climate change. This week, Christchurch Airport announced it had purchased 750 hectares of land near Tarras, in Central Otago, on which it planned to build an airport. Jo McKenzie-McLean/Stuff Tarras, a small town in Central Otago, is the site of a proposed airport that may be built and run by Christchurch Airport. Some communities, here and abroad, were also campaigning against new airports or airport extensions because of climate change concerns, Larsson said. Massey University’s Robert McLachlan​ said the airport buildings’ carbon footprint would be much smaller than the emissions produced by the inbound airlines.

Source: Stuff July 24, 2020 05:15 UTC