Archive for the 'Airline industry' Category
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. [...]
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 [...]
How to Fry the Climate with a $13 Flight from London to NYC
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell November 4th, 2008 in Airline industry, Climate Change, aircraft travelTo many environmentalists, Michael O’Leary is one of their top hate figures. One of the key proponents of low cost air-travel, the multi-millionaire Irishman has no time for environmentalists – he calls them “eco-nuts” and dismisses concerns over climate change.
With his head firmly stuck in the sands of climate scepticism, he argues that the jury [...]
Airlines Spin Anti Oil-Speculation Website
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell July 14th, 2008 in Airline industry, Oil Price, oil price speculationLog onto the website StopOilSpeculationNow.com and you might think that it’s a plea by poor American consumers who are being hit by rocking oil prices. But you would be wrong: it is a PR effort by the Air Transport Association of America.
The adverts include one where a globe is being squeezed with a drop of [...]
