'Profoundly irresponsible' - Campaign group express 'deep disappointment and alarm' at approval of Gatwick airport's runway plans

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : It will worsen noise pollution, traffic congestion, and carbon emissions -- all in an area already under pressure.
42% : " GACC and other environmental and community groups provided extensive evidence during the DCO examination process outlining the damaging consequences of the scheme, including: - A significant increase in annual carbon emissions - Intensified aircraft noise over hundreds of communities across Surrey, Sussex, and Kent - Risks gridlocking on overstretched road and rail networks - Contradictions with the UK's legally binding climate commitments under the Climate Change Act and the Paris Climate Agreement Mr Barclay added: "The Government has ignored the evidence of its own planning inspectorate and dismissed the concerns of thousands of residents.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.