Please check in at gate 20 for flight 10759 for a further rise in CO2 emissions.

Taking a few planes a year is becoming the "norm" for many of us but booking a flight could seem to be more problematic if the choice in airports rises.

I mean, how many airports and extra terminals in this country do we actually need?! (Yeah, sure, thank god for terminal 5 and its fast and simple baggage system!)

Luckily, the Tories are here to save us from such dangers (as trying to book a flight at the nearest airport). They have recently opposed projects supporting the construction of a third runway at Heathrow and a second runway at Standsted. Despite organisations such as "Stop Standsted Expansion", the project had still been given the green light. During the process of accepting said project (in a letter to BAA), the Government has more or less ignored the climate change Bill, which is subject to change in a few weeks; obviously excusing such behavior. Greenpeace's blog picked up on an important factor of the ordeal: the Secretary of State confirmed that the letter to BAA to "share the Inspector's view that Government policy seeks to reconcile growth in aviation to meet the needs identified in the [Air Transport White Paper] with action to address climate change..." - I'm sorry but what action addresses climate change? Perhaps the Government feels the need to mention "climate change" in order to show that such a matter has not been ignored. Not only that but Stansted airport isn't the only airport getting an expansion - the Government are nodding their heads at the increase in flights at City Airport. Surely the amount of reasons given for expanding the latter airports could never explain the rise in CO2 emissions.

Another important wake-up call from the Greenpeace blog would be this: "If aviation keeps expanding at predicted levels, its emissions would wipe out our entire 2050 carbon budget if we adopted the 80 per cent target Brown is considering adopting."

We'll just have to watch this space as to how much of the climate change Bill will change in terms of the expansion of airports. Will the Government ever realise that one of the main factors needed to help in the budgeting lies in the expansion of airports?