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 …
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 …
“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 …
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 …
Environmentalists held their breath in expectation of Gordon Brown's 'green' budget. Was it worth the wait? Miriam Kennet, a director of the Green Economics Institute, looks at where the Chancellor went awry...
… for the first time talking about the role of aviation in this change to our economy. And in … spectacularly avoided doing something about aviation which for the very first time the …
The Ecologist Film Unit's second release documents how espionage, news manipulation, legal threats and even violence have become the knee-jerk response of Government and big business to the increasingly vocal concerns of environmental protesters in the UK
… 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. To read the …
A major shift towards green taxes and 'pay as you burn, not pay as you earn' would benefit the environment and the economy
… study says higher taxes on road transport and aviation, lower taxes on employees and … particularly those that would fall on the aviation sector. Useful links The UK Green …
It probably isn’t too much of an exaggeration to suggest that most people are hard pushed to name a politician they really admire. In Britain, however, one name will come up time and again.
… energy policy or trying to clamp down on the aviation industry’s free-for-all. Caroline is … the way. Equally, every European check on the aviation industry has Caroline’s prints all …
Ahead of next week's budget, the RSPB is calling on you to remind the Chancellor not to forsake the environment on the road to economic recovery
… NEWS UK budget avoids decision on new aviation tax Chancellor George Osborne … for bringing in a per-plane tax on the aviation industry NEWS ANALYSIS The psychology …
Dan takes a trip down memory lane... and discovers that not only did we call for taxes and sanctions in the last recession, but that just a few years ago airlines were promising us serious cuts...
… cuts Dan Box | 12th October 2009 Comment Aviation Politics And Economics … requested by the UK government , recommended 'aviation CO2 emissions should be capped' by …
How do the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Labour and the Green Party measure up on their environmental manifesto pledges? Here's the definitive list...
… 1990 levels by 2020 Support cap-and-trade for aviation and shipping Promise adaptation funds … heavy lorries Introduce VAT and fuel duty on aviation Oppose airport expansion and ban …
If you want a vision of our green future, imagine a Millennial working a zero-hour contract in a care home, looking after a lonely bed-ridden Boomer – forever.
… about coal mining, oil and gas extraction and aviation. In the UK, the fossil fuel industry … and indirect employment to 375,000. The aviation industry directly and indirectly …