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DeSmog UK: Aviation Industry Coronavirus Bailouts Contradict Governments’ Climate Commitments
Is the chance for a green recovery flying by? Read here
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Climate Home News: Airlines’ climate obligations postponed as UN body endorses industry proposal
First climate destroying corporations are given billions by government to save them in the current crisis. Now the limits set to stop global warming are being reversed. “The proposal was pushed by the EU, which […]
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Steffen Redeker, Christoph Trautvetter – State Aid and Tax Avoidance – the Case of Lufthansa
Germany, the nation where the industry interests and lies by politicians determine the nations policies. Today, 30 May, a new coal-fired power plant was taken into active service. Earlier in the week Lufthansa was given […]
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Ben Christopher Howard – Green Bailouts: Relying on Carbon Offsetting will let Polluting Airlines off the Hook
Dan Meyers/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Ben Christopher Howard, University of Birmingham The coronavirus pandemic has grounded thousands of aircraft, contributing to the largest-ever annual fall in CO₂ emissions. At some point though, the planes will soar […]
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Climate Home News – Airlines could get Free Pass on Climate for Five Years under Industry Proposal
The industry is lobbying to rewrite the rules of a UN aviation pact, in a move researchers say would remove pressure to invest in clean flying technology Read here
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Asbjørn Wahl – A Red-Green New Deal in Transport: Workers’ Power + Renewable Electrification of the Whole Economy
The EU”s transport sector is like most businesses run contrary to existing laws and regulations, but lack of control and enforcement makes it possible to operate on the side of the law (if the US […]
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Corporate Europe Observatory – Corona Lobby Watch
Who would have expected that: Opportunistic lobbyists abuse the EU’s unprecedented health crisis. Lobbyists for many industries are opportunistically repackaging old demands, or developing new ones, and using the Corona Crisis to justify them, even […]
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George Monbiot – Corona Crisis: No Government should offer Airlines and Oil Giants a Lifeline
This crisis is a chance to rebuild our economy for the good of humanity. Let’s bail out the living world, not its destroyers. Read here
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Business Traveller: Air France told not to compete with the TGV
This is something that should be happening everywhere in Europe. But not only cutting back flights, but all domestic flights.. Read here
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Sven Giegold – Lobbyists are Trying to Water Down a Sustainable Way out of the Corona Crisis
Sven Giegold warns that the Coronavirus pandemic has been used as a pretext by powerful lobbies to weaken and delay a European Green Deal. Sven Giegold is a German Green MEP Cross-posted from Source Picture […]