aviation
Posted by bex — 31 July 2007 at 10:44am
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A glacial melt lake in Greenland.
It's becoming pretty obvious that the aviation industry is creeping closer and closer to the tactics of big tobacco and big oil in their attempts to "teach the controversy" over science that doesn't suit their profit margins.
Last week, it was an outrageous display of bullying aimed at groups concerned about climate change. A couple of weeks ago, there was another, smaller episode that got a lot less press; the aviation industry's briefing against an Inuit leader who came to the UK to tell his "southern neighbours" that the people of the Arctic are already feeling the impacts of climate change.
Posted by bex — 27 July 2007 at 2:06pm
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Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone has just joined the fray, speaking out against BAA's injunction. (If BAA wins its case next Wednesday, five million people would be banned from Heathrow airport, parts of two motorways and the entire Picadilly Line on the London Underground.)
Posted by bex — 26 July 2007 at 6:15pm
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Update - 1st August: The hearing is underway.
Here's a doozy for you: on Wednesday, the aviation industry is taking five million people - including a lot of their own staff - to court. If you're a member or supporter of a group that's concerned about climate change, the chances are you're a defendant too.
The industry seems to want to ban five million of us from Heathrow and all routes to the airport, including the Piccadilly line, parts of the rail network, and sections of the M25 and M4.
Posted by jamie — 18 July 2007 at 5:37pm
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This from the BBC News website about the judgment against Ryanair by the Advertising Standards Authority:
Ryanair has been ordered not to repeat an advertisement that played down the impact of aviation on the environment.
In a press campaign the airline claimed the airline industry "accounts for just 2% of carbon dioxide emissions".
Posted by jossc — 13 July 2007 at 4:23pm
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Reacting to the announcement that the operators of Luton Airport have been forced to drop well-advanced plans to build a new runway and terminal, Greenpeace aviation campaigner Emily Armistead said:
"This is great news for the climate. The airlines operating out of Luton have been pushing a binge-flying culture that's deeply damaging to the environment and a second runway would only have made things worse."
She continued:
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Charlie Kronick, head of Greenpeace's climate and energy campaign, said:
"We're very much looking forward to Gordon Brown being Prime Minister. Especially because, if he's serious about tackling climate change, he'll have to dump many of Blair's plans for catastrophic climate policies.
Posted by bex — 19 June 2007 at 8:46am
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UPDATE (9.25am): The booths have now all been moved by security.
Over the past hour or so, impromptu ticket exchange booths have been appearing in airports across the UK.
Greenpeace volunteers (fetchingly dressed as stewards and stewardesses - pics here) have been offering BA passengers checking into domestic flights climate-friendly train tickets.
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Campaigners offered free train tickets to travellers at Edinburgh airport this morning
Video and stills available.
Last edited 18 June 2007 at 12:41pm
Greenpeace today branded a report by airline pilots on climate change 'pure propaganda... a dodgy dossier produced by people who should know better.'
The new report from the British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA) claims aviation is being scapegoated by environmentalists, alleging campaigners use 'half-truths' in the climate debate. BALPA presents no evidence to back up the claim, but a reading of the report reveals BALPA has relied on an almost comical reading of the statistics to back up its claims.
