Bristol Fashion?

The decision of the 3 members of the Planning Inspectorate to overturn the decision of local councils to not approve an expansion of Bristol Airport seems both undemocratic and climate change illiterate (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/feb/03/bristol-airport-expansion-gets-go-ahead-as-local-council-overruled). Bristol Airport want to increase their capacity from 10 to 12 million passengers per year. In reaching their decision, the Planning Inspectorate seem to have paid zero attention to environmental disturbances. It's estimated that the extra passengers will add an extra 1m tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year. There will also be further reductions in local air quality as well as increased noise, light and traffic pollution. The people who are likely to be happiest with the decision are the folk who run The Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan. They own Bristol Airport and will have increased revenue, whilst offshoring their carbon emissions. Local business folk also claim to be overjoyed, as they expect more tourists to visit Bristol. They are likely to be gravely disappointed. The expansion scheme's plan for new roads and extra parking in a protected green belt, strongly suggests that the extra passengers will be largely short-haul (Brits flying somewhere, before returning to collect their cars). Short-haul flights produce more emissions per mile travelled, as take-off and landing are fuel-demanding. Bizarrely, the UK government reduced taxes on short-haul flights, meaning that 'cheap-and-cheerful' airlines will pay little towards cleaning up their emissions.