Aviation emissions are a major clause of climate change, writes Valerie Brown - yet they remain unregulated. The gap between the best and worst performing airlines demonstrates ample opportunities for improvement - but is the political will there to impose effective regulation?
… How much longer can the aviation industry fight off emissions … Brown | 3rd January 2014 News Transport Aviation Climate Change Regulation ba-747-contrail-cut.jpg Aviation emissions are a major clause of …
… | 18th December 2019 News Science & Systems Aviation Fuel Biofuel Synthetic Fuel Carbon … Efficiency plane-841441_960_720.jpg Could aviation go green? Boris Johnson defended his … offsetting stands in relation to greening aviation. Global demand for air travel has …
The UK government today announced that Heathrow, already the UK's busiest airport, is its 'preferred option' for a new runway in southeast England, writes Simon Evans. It's just too bad about the climate: the airport expansion implies that aviation emissions alone could take up half to two thirds of the UK's 'carbon budget' for the country to comply with its 1.5C Paris Agreement target.
… With Heathrow approval, aviation could use two thirds of UK's 1.5C … 2016 News Climate Change Emissions Transport Aviation Paris Agreement heathrow-2-cut.jpg … climate: the airport expansion implies that aviation emissions alone could take up half to …
A move to rail, low-emissions ferries, domestic tourism, aviation research and new cleaner fuels could create 340,000 jobs.
… low-emissions ferries, domestic tourism, aviation research and new cleaner fuels could … jobs. Investment in reducing emissions from aviation and expanding green transport in the … developments to reduce emissions from aviation, along with an expansion in the rail …
Chancellor George Osborne promises only to 'explore' proposals for bringing in a per-plane tax on the aviation industry
… UK budget avoids decision on new aviation tax The Ecologist | 22nd June 2010 News Politics And Economics Aviation Tax Planes Flying Renewables … for bringing in a per-plane tax on the aviation industry Green groups have expressed …
Aviation sector wants to avoid a closed trading scheme and forced carbon emissions cuts
… The Ecologist | 22nd September 2009 News Aviation Climate Change Flights Air Transport Carbon Emissions aviation-image.jpg The aviation industry will become the biggest …
As the UK government deliberates its new aviation policy campaigners warn that moves to approve airport expansion would put climate targets at risk
… City Airport expansion highlights scale of aviation dilemma Mark Jansen | 21st January 2011 News Aviation Climate Change Airports Carbon … As the UK government deliberates its new aviation policy campaigners warn that moves to …
The UN’s aviation body is blocking climate critics on Twitter, accusing them of 'fake news' and 'spam'.
… UN aviation body blocks critics online Megan … News | 29th March 2019 News Climate Change Aviation Flying … The UN’s aviation body is blocking climate critics on … news' and 'spam'. The International Civil Aviation Organization is dismissing factual …
We chartered a train to Glasgow for COP26 and took 500 people with us. This is what we learned.
… der Deure | 2nd November 2021 | News COP26 Aviation Emissions Climate Breakdown Pollution … to put focus on the need for alternatives to aviation. Rail travel has a markedly lower … notoriously hard to reduce emissions in the aviation sector. While windmills and electric …
In the first of the Ecologist's new 'If I...' series, the co-founder of aviation campaign group Plane Stupid imagines what he would do if he were in charge of the government's aviation policy.
… minister Joss Garman | 1st December 2006 News Aviation Taxation Pollution Climate Change Plane Stupid Aviation Climate Change Politics And Economics … new 'If I...' series, the co-founder of aviation campaign group Plane Stupid imagines …
No one believed Big Tobacco could ever be snuffed out - until health warning stickers were made law. If the same principle of science, information and activism were applied to the aviation industry, argues Mark Anslow, the air we breathe could get cleaner yet
… you fly Mark Anslow | 11th April 2008 News Aviation Industry Advertising Flying Aviation Marketing Consumerism Aviation Green Living Climate Change Politics …
Newly published letters show that the UK Government may ignore the Committee on Climate Change, its official advisor on climate, and allow emissions from aviation to soar at an expanded Heathrow airport, writes Damian Kahya. Instead it would rely on buying widely condemned 'carbon offsets'.
… | 30th January 2017 News Transport Aviation Climate Change Emissions UK Politics … advisor on climate, and allow emissions from aviation to soar at an expanded Heathrow … out two different approaches to dealing with aviation emissions. The current planning …
The European Union has been accused of letting the air industry off the hook in tackling carbon dioxide emissions.
… Proposed trading in aviation emissions 'doesn't go far enough' … Emissions Trading Scheme MEP Carbon Dioxide Aviation Ozone Layer Climate Change Politics … warming. They say the EU needed a tax on aviation fuel and an end to the exemptions …
American aviation sector accused of using 'every trick in the book' to block the European Union's efforts to reduce carbon emissions
… cuts The Ecologist | 1st June 2010 News Aviation Airlines Carbon Trading Climate Change airplanes.jpg American aviation sector accused of using 'every trick … would impose costly policies on international aviation, is a violation of international law …
International aviation is the UK’s fastest-growing source of carbon emissions, and yet the government isn't even accounting for them. Peter Lockley explains why we urgently need to call a halt to airport expansion
… Lockley | 9th August 2007 News Climate Change Aviation BAA Tyndall Centre Climate Change … Expansion Carbon Emissions Planning Campaigns Aviation Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate … Change Climate Change Pollution International aviation is the UK’s fastest-growing source of …
The Parliamentary Committee on Climate Change calls on government to curb growth in flying to prevent global catastrophe.
… Grant Shapps on including international aviation and shipping emissions in the UK's … to zero overall by 2050. The letter said aviation was likely to be the largest emitting … is the time to bring the UK's international aviation and shipping emissions formally …
Soaring fuel prices and stratospheric carbon emissions bode ill for the aviation industry. Is flying beyond redemption? Mark Anslow tries some blue-sky thinking
… Anslow | 24th July 2008 News Flying Holidays Aviation Green Lifestyle Green Living Climate … carbon emissions bode ill for the aviation industry. Is flying beyond … Squarely blaming the rising cost of aviation fuel, the company’s directors cleared …
Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) has taken the first legal action under Ireland’s new climate legislation. FIE has expressed its concerns that the Irish government is intending to ignore the terms set out by the 2015 Paris climate agreement by lodging a judicial review with the High Court in relation to Dublin Airport's proposed new runway, CONOR PURCELL reports
… 17th July 2017 News Climate Change Paris COP Aviation Tourism Travel Flights Airport Dublin … new runway at Dublin Airport.” 'Unconstrained aviation growth' The aviation sector is increasingly coming under …
The CEO of the world’s largest sustainable travel company calls for Bristol Airport’s controversial expansion plans to be scrapped.
… 2019 News Bristol Airport Airport Expansion AviationAviation Emissions Thought Leaders … be vetoed. Mr Francis said: “Zero tax on aviation fuel and cheap flights are a disaster …
Climate charity calls for any aviation industry bailouts to be conditional on carbon emissions reductions.
… Montague | 6th May 2020 News Climate Covid-19 Aviation Coronavirus Bailout … Climate charity calls for any aviation industry bailouts to be conditional … for assurances that any bailout of the UK aviation industry will be conditional on a …
Long haul leisure flights the main driver of aviation emissions, says report that believes Heathrow airport can be expanded without breaking the UK's carbon emissions targets
… December 2009 News Climate Change Air Travel Aviation airplanes.jpg Taxes and even … Long haul leisure flights the main driver of aviation emissions, says report that believes … set a target for carbon emissions from aviation to not exceed 2005 levels by 2050. …
Today BAA, the UK airport operator, announced its plans for a second terminal at Stansted airport. The plans, backed by the Department of Transport and costing £2.2 billion, will allow Stansted to carry an additional 33 million passengers by 2030 giving it a total of 68 million passengers a year - larger than Heathrow today.
… than Heathrow 31st January 2007 News Stansted Aviation Travel Airports AviationAviation Campaigns Global Warming Protest …
“Hot on the heels of the Stern report and Tony Blair’s grave warning that we only have ten years left to tackle climate change, the Department of Transport is due to publish a progress report on its 2003 Aviation White Paper, some time before the end of the year.
… due to publish a progress report on its 2003 Aviation White Paper, some time before the end … capacity of a new Heathrow every five years. Aviation is the fastest growing source of … “The government’s plans for unlimited aviation growth give the lie to their warm …
Late last week, the UK signed up to an historic contract between the EU and the US. Known as the EU Open Skies deal, it lifts restrictions on the number of airlines which can operate transatlantic flights from Europe to the US. John Stewart, the Chair of the charity AirportWatch, explains why this is a deal from a bygone age with an horrific cost for the planet...
… Skies? John Stewart | 29th March 2007 News Aviation Airport Watch Eu Open Skies Deal US EU US EU Aviation Climate Change Politics And Economics … they never factor in the economic costs of aviation. In the UK alone, these run into …