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https://www.resilience.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/London_-_Heathrow_LHR_-_EGLL_AN1572653.jpg768512A forest twice the size of Greater London would need to be planted in the UK to cancel out the extra emissions from the expansion of Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton airports, Carbon Brief analysis reveals.