Re: Environmental hassle
In the Netherlands, you have some very tough environmental laws, but I hope a bit more ability for rational debate than we do here in the UK.
CVT has had a long running saga with the locals - but less than 50 complaints (out of 500 or so) to last year's public inquiry came from within the boundaries of Coventry itself, despite such areas being much closer to the end of the runway.
Airports are commercial businesses - if they have a good business case, they will put it forward. There really isn't much point in launching a "pro" campaign for such an entity, unless you have free time on your hands by the bucket load.
By all means, ask a few questions of the anti-group. Those who speak out loudest against the "secrecy" of commercial "greed" tend to be the ones who:
a) are most secretive about the organisation they claim to represent, and
b) fly the most often.
You could try using environmental logic too - local flights for local people, not to mention the congestion at AMS which your local field might be able to relieve a little.