Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Eco-taxes
Scientists identified trails left by planes in the sky as a far more damaging effect on the climate than all the carbon dioxide ever emitted from their engines.
The tracks – called contrails – linger in the sky as ice clouds and trap heat in the Earth’s atmosphere.
This is an unaccounted source of climate warming from air travel, and researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) in Germany said the problem is set to triple by 2050.
In the UK, the growth of the sector is already a significant threat to the country's hopes of hitting its stated climate goals.
UK airports are set to increase capacity by 59 per cent by 2050 – more than double the increase accounted for in a report outlining the net-zero target by the Committee on Climate Change, according to new research.
Friends of the Earth has taken legal action against the expansion of Heathrow Airport's third runway, claiming government approval for it did not take into account the impact it would have on climate change.
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Climate Fraud,
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