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Stay Grounded: Eight ways airlines exploit their own customers
Airlines have a long record of screwing over the very people who use their services Read HERE Photo: Bahnfrend/Creative Commons
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Pablo Castaño – Who Really Wins in Barcelona’s Airport Expansion?
Expanding the El Prat airport in Catalonia will be bad for the nation’s ecology and people. Pablo Castaño is a Barcelona-based freelancer specialised in politics and the environment. Cross-posted from the Green European Journal June […]
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Transport & Environment – Airline emissions soar to pre-COVID levels as Europe fails to price their pollution
Emissions from European aviation have almost bounced back to 2019 levels, with flights within Europe even exceeding these, a new T&E study shows. The EU’s carbon market (EU ETS) is currently failing to address the true […]
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Transport & Environment: Only Ten Airlines have Serious Plans to Transition to Green Fuels
Half the airlines in the T & E ranking score zero for their lack of uptake of sustainable aviation fuels. Read HERE
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DeSmog: The Polluters of Paris
Olympic sponsorship deals with Air France, Toyota and ArcelorMittal will produce more emissions than eight coal plants running for an entire year, a new Badvertising report shows. Read HERE Image: Badvertising
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Transport & Environment: Low cost airlines pollute more than ever, latest emissions data shows
More than three quarters of European aviation emissions aren’t subject to a carbon price, new study shows. Read HERE Photo: Public Domain
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Stay Grounded: New research showing the significant health issues of air traffic
NEW research, Airport Tracker, shows just 20 airports produced the equivalent CO2 emissions of 58 coal plants. Read HERE Photo: US Federal Government/Public domain
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Reuters: Dutch government scraps plan to cap flights at Schiphol next year
This is what happens to your national sovreignty when you join the EU – which is doing all it can to slow down a just climate transition. Read HERE
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Andrew Simms – Jetting off to the sun? The adverts are selling you a ticket to climate disaster
Airlines have missed 98% of their previous environmental targets yet they keep urging more people to fly. The industry’s contradictions and how these can be tackled. Andrew Simms is assistant director of Scientists for Global […]
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Stay Grounded – Clever campaigning against Bristol Airport expansion
Campaigners in Bristol, UK, are fighting the expansion of Bristol Airport against an unlikely active investor, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP). The teachers should be told! Cross-posted from Stay Grounded Campaigners in Bristol, UK, […]