Which is worse for global warming: travelling by car or by plane? According to the results of an EU-funded study, car travel increases global temperatures more than an air travel for the same journey but only in the long term. Travelling by plane, on the other hand, adversely affects short-lived warming [...]

Business flying plays an essential part in determining aviation’s future – it currently represents 25% of UK passenger trips and a much higher percentage of airline profitability.
Our research challenges the assumption that airport expansion is essential for business productivity, and lends support to WWF-UK’s campaign for companies to cut one [...]

Thursday, May 27, 2010
A transatlantic coalition of environmental groups today joined an action at the UK High Court to defend Europe’s right to tackle carbon emissions from foreign aircraft that visit Europe.
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