The news that Nantes (where I live) is to be "green capital of Europe" in 2013 surely gives a lie to the judgement of the powers-that-be that award such status.
With the new airport well underway, Nantes' status as "Green capital" merely besmirches this "title."
As we like to say round here: "La demagogie, c'est maintenant; l'ecologie c'est demain"
Why build a new airport when you've already got a perfectly good one running at approximately 50% capacity only 500m from the existing tram network?
If the title Green Capital of Europe is to be meaningful, then Nantes should be stripped of it, not awarded it, unless they cancel the new airport.