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'Ground private jets now to protect family holidays this summer'
✍️ Alethea Warrington for LBC Opinion
lbc.co.uk/article/ground-pri…
James Wood retweeted
Contrails have a net warming effect on the planet, at least as important as the one caused by aviation’s CO2 emissions.
But good news: simple measures to avoid their formation could have a huge impact. So what are we waiting for?
Read our report 👉 transportenvironment.org/art…
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Today 50 climate and aviation scientists from across the globe are calling on the aviation industry to take action on contrails.
Addressing contrails from planes is a no-regrets decision that will help slow climate change – but the time to act is now.
Read the letter ➡️ transportenvironment.org/art…
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📣 NEW REPORT! 📣
Our legal analysis clears the air on widespread myths and finds that the decision not to tax airlines is likely a political one, rather than a legal one.
Read the report and find out more in the 🧵 below ⤵️
tinyurl.com/5n8ps2sb
James Wood retweeted
Blogged the very welcome hike in private jet Air Passenger Duty from yesterday's Budget.
🚨 Autumn budget blog! 🚨
Read our Senior Director of Economics, @meadwaj's take on the @UKLabour gov's hike in private jet air passenger duty – an important move in tackling climate change and inequality, but just a first step...
👉 opportunitygreen.org/blog/-a… 👈
James Wood retweeted
Qui prend l'avion et pour faire quoi ?
Le nouveau rapport du @RACFrance dévoile des chiffres inédits sur les passagers aériens 🔽
James Wood retweeted
Unfairways.com provides private luxury travel in a way that screams indulgence.
But there’s no getting away from it. Extreme inequality is fuelling the climate crisis. Let’s fight climate inequality and tax private luxury travel.
Get onboard at bit.ly/unfairways
James Wood retweeted
Same lengthy sentences for this public nuisance as the climate protestors got, yes? xitter.gq/_yon_m0n/status/181836…
James Wood retweeted
🌍 This will be an early test of the Labour Government's commitment to reach Net Zero by 2050 in line with Climate Change Committee recommendations to tackle our climate crisis
James Wood retweeted
🥳A win against greenwashing today, orchestrated by @adfreecities @badvertising11 @_wearepossible @StayGroundedNet @GoLadacan, @galba_action & others.
An advert promoting airport expansion at Luton Airport has been banned by the advertising authority. 1/3
desmog.com/2024/04/29/london…
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NEW: Ultrafine particles (UFPs) from planes are putting 52 mn Europeans at risk of serious health concerns.
The WHO has been warning about the negative impact of aviation on human health for more than 15 years, but policymakers continue to ignore the problem.
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We’re at the Houses of Parliament today with @_SafeLanding and @GreenAllianceUK to talk to parliamentarians about how the government can get air travel on track for our climate goals.
Keep the momentum going and ask your MP to support one 👇
wearepossible.org/ask-for-ff…
ALT Event about aviation at the Houses of Parliament. Speaker at the front
ALT Photo of the room busy with people attending the event.
ALT Organisers posing together
James Wood retweeted
An end of an era.
Historic moment for the energy/environment blob - @alanwhiteheadmp just made his last speech as an MP in Westminster Hall, championing floating offshore wind.
Such an incredible champion for decarbonisation, respected by all.
When books are written on how we reached net zero, I'm sure you'll find his name in many of the pages.
James Wood retweeted
Turns out taking action to reduce emissions incrementally is kinda pointless if the amount of polluting activity massively increases...
@Josh_Gabbatiss @CarbonBrief
"Benefits of UK ‘sustainable aviation fuel’ will be wiped out by rising demand"
carbonbrief.org/analysis-ben…
James Wood retweeted
Climate experts were increasingly saying that keeping heating below 1.5C is near impossible, yet it remains the global goal. So I asked hundreds of top IPCC scientists what they thought. What they said shocked even me…
🧵 1/n #ClimateCrisis
James Wood retweeted
Making aviation fuel out of waste is NOT sustainable or efficient.
- Most wastes, such as used cooking oil, already have other uses
- It includes waste from unsustainable industry such as plastics
- Because we’re committed to cutting waste, it can’t be sustainably scaled up. 4/9
James Wood retweeted
The SAF mandate is "woefully unambitious" says @mattfinch00, our UK Policy Manager.
"the Government has decided to put airline profits above the planet by allowing in huge quantities of dubious SAF [...] our government has its head in the clouds.”
travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/…
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NEW: Ryanair is Europe’s top polluting airline for a third year in a row.
While legacy airlines are still responsible for the biggest chunk of aviation emissions, budget carriers are polluting more than ever.
See the full ranking ➡️ transportenvironment.org/dis…
James Wood retweeted
❗️The public understand that flying is inequitable, and generally support taxing private jets as a means to decarbonise the sector, according to new research from @Moreincommon_...
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