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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The government insists that Britain needs to massively expand its airports to cope with a
rapidly growing aviation industry. In actual fact, the sector’s boom years could be over
… 2005 Comment Airplanes Aeroplanes Airports AviationAviation Climate Change Politics And Economics … its airports to cope with a rapidly growing aviation industry. In actual fact, the …
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 …
Yesterday Plane Stupid activist Dan Glass stuck himself to the Prime Minister to protest against aviation. Here he explains why
… to the Prime Minister to protest against aviation. Here he explains why I've been … direct action against the growth of the aviation industry for the last two years. Last … airport at Heathrow, and supporting aviation, the fastest growing contributor to …
Record demand for cheap flights has resulted in 21 (mostly regional) airports publishing expansion plans in the last 5 years. They have been spurred on to do so by the Government’s plans to raise plane passenger numbers from 200 million in 2003 to 500 million by 2030.
… plan to get bigger 28th February 2007 News Aviation Climate Change Greenhouse Gas Emissions Climate Change Aviation Campaigns Carbon Dioxide Global … under heavier scrutiny and criticism than aviation. However the current Labour …
Calculations on the cost of building a third runway at Heathrow are outdated and do not make economic sense says a new report
… The Ecologist | 19th April 2010 News Heathrow Aviation Energy Climate Change Airports … levels by 2050. As part of these targets the aviation industry is required to emit no more … currently accounts for 46 per cent of the UK aviation's GHG emissions with 66 million …
The UK Government's U-turn on new airport capacity in England defies all logic, argues Natalie Bennett. We must end our obsession with 'high speed projects' and invest in low-speed sustainable transport.
… Natalie Bennett | 18th December 2013 Comment Aviation Airports Transport England … the facts, and the economics. Fact one: aviation accounts for 13% of our greenhouse … I've seen, just for Westminster Tube station, aviation is not one of the pillars of the …
Rural communities all over India are battling against a land grab of epic proportions. And one of the biggest causes of land grabs is for airports to support India's domestic aviation boom. Rose Bridger reports from Kerala, where four new 'green field' airports are meeting stiff local resistance.
… November 2013 News India Land Grab Airports Aviation rb-aranmula-protest-small.png Rural … is for airports to support India's domestic aviation boom. Rose Bridger reports from … pulling out all the stops to support domestic aviation growth. In April, the aviation …
As the UK Government prepares to build new runways in SE England, Chris Goodall points out that air travel forecasts have been cut by 35% in the last six years. So why should we believe the latest numbers?
… Chris Goodall | 18th December 2013 Comment Aviation Airports airplane-roofs.png As the UK … unpredicted reduction in forecast demand for aviation over the last six years, isn't about … considered the possibility that the need for aviation has begun to stagnate? (Past articles …
Government and big business are countering resurgent eco activism with spies, strongarm tactics and news manipulation. Who are they calling terrorists? asks Andrew Wasley
… members of Plane Stupid, a group tackling the aviation industry head on. Operating under the … information that found its way back to the aviation industry and journalists. He wasn’t … group of activists wanting to disrupt an aviation conference in a London hotel, the …
Plans for a new international airport in the coastal city of Mumbai will destroy yet more of its mangrove ecosystems, and there are fears the deal has already been closed
… Hiranandani Tom Levitt | 1st June 2010 News Aviation Airport India Politics And Economics … Forests, threaten even further destruction. Aviation dilemma Mumbai’s current Chattrapathi … and lush mangroves. The Minister for Civil Aviation, Praful Patel, says the wetlands …
John Stewart, chairman of aviation pressure group HACAN ClearSkies, explains why BAA has been out-gunned and out-manoeuvred
… run John Stewart | 9th August 2007 News BAA Aviation Plane Injunction Court Order Heathrow … Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change Aviation Climate Change Politics And Economics … newsanalysis.jpg John Stewart, chairman of aviation pressure group HACAN ClearSkies, …
Having been banned from the fields of Heathrow by a court injunction last week, protest group Plane Stupid have set up their own climate camp – under the wing of an Airbus A380 currently being transported along the River Dee.
… Plane Stupid Protest Campaign Campaigns Aviation Climate Change Politics And Economics … aren’t being manufactured to clean-up the aviation industry, they’re being built to … step towards tackling emissions from aviation would be to scrap plans for a third …
Majority of UK Government departments are choosing to fly staff to destinations easily accessible by train, such as London to Glasgow, Edinburgh and Manchester
… The Ecologist | 10th June 2010 News Flights Aviation Carbon Emissions Energy Politics And … legal challenge to EU emission cuts American aviation sector accused of using 'every trick … Long haul leisure flights the main driver of aviation emissions, says report that believes …
The publication of the government's draft Climate Change Bill this week signalled the latest round of the escalating competition between David Cameron and Tony Blair to take the title of climate change champion of the world. Following hard on the EU measures, the government's bill set out more radical targets than before and promises to deliver them – a promise that will be reinforced by a new committee of independent auditors.
… Tony Blair Labour Conservatives 2020 UK Aviation Economics Climate Change Politics And … The bill leaves out shipping and, crucially, aviation, but sets out some key measures: A …