Archive for the 'aircraft travel' Category
If one volcano can do this, what will peak oil do?
1 Comment Published by Andy Rowell April 20th, 2010 in Peak Oil, aircraft travelTo anyone in North America, the Icelandic volcano fiasco must seem something of a distant story, unless you are trying to fly to Europe right now, when it will be a living hell.
It is a hell being experienced by hundreds of thousands of people stuck abroad who are unable to get home from their holidays [...]
The Angry Mermaid Strikes Back
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell November 16th, 2009 in "Clean Coal", Airline industry, Astroturfing, Biofuels, CCS, Clean Development Mechanism, Climate Change, Copenhagen Conference, Corporate front groups, Public Relations, aircraft travel, carbon offsetting, carbon trading, coal to liquids, greenwashing, lobbying, oil industry front groups, oil sands, tar sandsAll the news reports this morning are that a deal at Copenhagen is dead. Barack Obama has said that we had run out of time to secure a deal in December.
This will please the corporate lobbyists no end. The longer they can delay action on climate the better.
But now Copenhagen’s iconic mermaid is striking back. [...]
FT: Ending subsidies is “An idea whose time has come”
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell September 25th, 2009 in End Oil Aid, G20, aircraft travel, financing oil and gas, oil subsidies, taxesI don’t know how many G20 leaders will have time to read the FT website today, but they should. The paper’s editorial is nothing short of staggering.
It starts by stating “As addictions go, the world’s addiction to fossil fuels is a killer.”
Coming from the mouthpiece of one of the world’s financial capitals, which is still [...]
Airlines Preempt Copenhagen by Pledging to Halve CO2
1 Comment Published by Andy Rowell September 22nd, 2009 in Airline industry, Climate Change, Copenhagen Conference, aircraft travel, carbon offsetting, emission tradingAs bold PR moves go – and this is bold – amongst the politicians making promises today at the UN Climate Summit, the CEO of British Airways, Willie Walsh will make a dramatic pledge to cut global aviation emissions to 50 per cent of 2005 levels by 2050.
Like a snake oil salesman bearing gifts with [...]
Aviation Emissions “Should be Capped at Copenhagen”
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell September 9th, 2009 in Airline industry, Biofuels, Climate Change, Copenhagen Conference, Heathrow expansion, aircraft travel, emission tradingWhy is the aviation industry been so untouchable when it comes to climate change?
That is the question on many people’s lips as the British government prepares to cut carbon from pretty much every sector but aviation.
The way aviation is treated may have something to do with the intricate links between the industry and the Labour [...]
