Governments and corporations promote airports as a sign of progress and with promises of ‘development’. In reality, the construction of airports and associated infrastructure drives people off their land, destroys livelihoods, plunders water and fertile soil and devastates ecosystems. Often airport...
Temperatures in the UK and across the world are breaking new records. With wildfires, droughts, and death tolls reaching into the thousands, the catastrophic impact of the climate crisis is here and clear for all to see. Coupled with soaring energy and petrol prices, rampant inflation, declining real-term...
Kylie Jenner’s 17-minute private jet ride is a reminder that private jets are morally obscene and terrible for the climate. The planet can no longer afford these indulgencesKylie Jenner, Drake and other celebrities have recently faced criticism for carbon emission-heavy private jet rides, with one o...
In their new report titled, “The right track for Green Jobs” Possible, Autonomy UK and Safe Landing present scenarios for showing that cuts to aviation can more than compensate for job losses to the aviation sector. No more excuses, green jobs are possible especially when people are willing to fly less...
Earlier this month, the World Inequality Lab, founded by Thomas Piketty, among others, released its annual data on inequalities of wealth, income, gender, and ecology. As usual, the report is expansive and worth reading in full. A particular highlight, however, comes in the section on global carbon inequality...
There is talk about banning short term flights, and discouraging short drives, but it is the long distance flights and drives which contribute the most climate change gases. Worse yet, banning short term flights would open airport slots for worse long term flights. By Twitter.com/StevenMelia