It was good to see a high-profile publication such as the International Herald Tribune highlighting the environmental impact by the massive growth of low-cost flying in Europe. The European Low Fares Airline Association says the number of passengers on European low-cost carriers more than doubled from 2004 to 2007, to 120 million a year. Britons […]

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I received an email from Friends of the Earth, a UK environmental organization, that I’d like to share with readers here as it is about something very important. The UK will soon have its climate change law, which is great news. However, there’s something stinky in the air. The Government are ignoring the country’s share […]

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I always took with a strong pinch of salt the aviation industry’s claims that they are working to become environmentally friendly. In this profit-ridden, ruthless business, the point is to get more people flying. And thus increase carbon emissions.
So it’s no surprise that a report that had been ’suppressed’ (an euphemism for censored), and which […]

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