Was 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.
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Third Runway at Heathrow “Will Increase Mortality and Morbidity”
The 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 … Read More
US Transport at Risk from Climate Change
Flooded 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 … Read More
Sod the Climate, Lets Go on Holiday …
When 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 … Read More
“The Great Green Betrayal”
Environmental groups are accusing UK Prime Minster, Gordon Brown of the “Great Green Betrayal”. They are arguing that his government’s green policies are standing still or even going backwards. First, environmental taxation, which could help curb greenhouse gas emissions and much other pollution, is actually falling rather than rising – and falling substantially, a powerful … Read More
First Biofuel Flight Dismissed as Stunt
The world’s first commercial aircraft powered partly by biofuel took off from Heathrow yesterday to a storm of criticism from climate change experts, who insisted it was nothing more than Sir Richard Branson’s latest “nonsensical” publicity stunt. The Virgin Atlantic 747 flew from London to Amsterdam using a 20 per cent biofuel mix of coconut … Read More
“Biofuels Branson” is UN’s Special Guest at Climate Meeting
Why does the UN continue to take Richard Branson seriously when it comes to climate change? Here is a man whose fleet of airplanes continues to promote transanatlantic travel, who is investing in space tourism for the super rich at the same time as promoting biofuels as the solution to climate change, which will just … Read More
Europe to Oz in Under 5 Hours
Sometimes I wonder if I live in a parallel universe. Today’s news that the Earth’s tipping points could happen much sooner than expected is a serious reminder about how close we are to a climate catastrophe. Yet we are also now designing aircraft that can fly from Europe to Australia in under five hours – … Read More
Another industry off the hook…
The EU has caved in to another powerful industry. EU ministers have finally agreed to impose carbon emissions quotas on airlines in an attempt to fight climate change. However, the start date for the EU emissions trading scheme will be delayed to 2012, a year later than MEPs were asking for. The scheme also faces … Read More
Happy Xmas to the Airlines too
Oh the irony. Airlines stand to make billions of pounds in “windfall profits” from an emissions trading scheme that was supposed to make them pay for the environmental damage they cause. A UK government report argues the airlines will take advantage of the scheme to raise fares substantially, even though their costs will hardly change.