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A pretty blistering report on UK airport expansion - from the House of Commons Audit Committee.
-No evidence of net benefits.
-Will impair net zero.
-Decisions being taken without the benefit of updated policy.

Airport expansion and climate and nature targets […]

Study: Private Jets' Pollution Surpasses All Flights from London's Heathrow Airport | AI News Brew A new study has revealed that private jets are responsible for more pollution than all flights departing from London's Heathrow Airport, one of the world's busiest air travel hubs [1][2][3]. This find

Study: Private Jets' Pollution Surpasses All Flights from London's Heathrow Airport
haiku.ainewsbrew.com/article/4878

#PrivateJetPollution #ClimateChange #AviationEmissions #SustainableTravel #LuxuryFootprint

Aviation industry is ‘failing dramatically’ on climate, insiders say Professionals call for a fundamental transition including controlling flight numbers

Aviation industry failing on climate goals; flight #s must be controlled.
#ClimateAction #AviationEmissions #EcoTravel

It would be a major mistake for policymakers to enshrine these nascent SAFs in legislation now.

Doing so would cement a harmful myth: that SAFs are already clean, green, and scalable — when reality says otherwise. #ClimateJustice #StopGreenwashing #AviationEmissions #FoodSecurity #Sustainability

"If we do not act, by 2050 #aviationemissions will be about a quarter of all human-caused emissions – that will be really a very shameful position."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Business travellers eyed for Heathrow expansion don’t exist, airport warned Business use of air travel ‘peaked in 2006’, said an economist

Business travellers eyed for Heathrow expansion don’t exist, airport warned ahead of third runway

Business use of air travel ‘peaked in 2006’, said an economist

www.the-independent.com/travel/news-...

#AirportExpansion #AirTravel #aviation #AviationEmissions #climate #ClimateChange

How close is Australia's aviation industry to going fully electric? Multiple Australian companies are pioneering the country's electric aviation industry. So how are green planes powered, how safe are they, and what will it cost?

Federal Government purchasing Rex aviation that specialises in regional aviation, means it could drive electrification of short haul aviation in Australia, reducing #aviationemissions and cost of regional travel. Great opportunity.

www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05...