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Airline Emissions “Far Higher than Previous Estimates”
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell May 6th, 2008 in Climate Change, aircraft travelThis issue is becoming one of the most important environmental battlegrounds. The bottom line is that we cannot carry on flying and save the climate at the same time.
Now an unpublished study by the world’s leading experts has revealed that airlines are pumping 20 per cent more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than estimates suggest, […]
Spy was “More Austin Powers than 007″
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell April 8th, 2008 in aircraft travel, protests, spyingWas it his Palestinian scarf, his Armani jeans, designer shirt or his permanent tan that gave him away?
But a spy who infiltrated the direct action group Plane Stupid in the UK, has been exposed after making a series of elementary errors that aroused suspicions.
Third Runway at Heathrow “Will Increase Mortality and Morbidity”
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell March 13th, 2008 in Pollution, aircraft travelThe battle of a third runway at Heathrow in the UK is really intensifying.
Now the British Government Agency in charge of environmental issues - the Environment Agency - has added its weight to the growing criticism by saying the government has failed to prove that expansion plans will not breach EU rules on air pollution.
US Transport at Risk from Climate Change
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell March 12th, 2008 in Climate Change, aircraft travel, climate change impacts, transportFlooded highways, railroads and airport runways are among the transportation snarls looming as the world’s climate changes, and officials should plan with this in mind, a U.S. study says.
“We’re not just concerned about gradual changes in temperatures,” said Henry Schwartz, who chaired the National Research Council panel that wrote the report. “We’re mostly concerned about […]
Sod the Climate, Lets Go on Holiday …
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell March 7th, 2008 in Climate Change, Oil, aircraft travelWhen people do not know about a problem, it is difficult to expect them to act. The problem comes when they do no about a problem but then do nothing. Take the issue of climate change and flying.
Climate change’s threat to the existence of the exotic resorts and beaches tourists crave has not dented […]
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