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22.01.2022 Now here's something new again...the US as a climate leader. https://www.cntraveler.com//president-elect-joe-bidens-ded

21.01.2022 Tim Johnson, the director of the Aviation Environment Federation, who sits on the jet zero council, said: A few funding initiatives plus lots of ambition won’t get the industry anywhere near net zero. He said regulation and taxes were needed, as well as the inclusion of international aviation emissions in the national carbon plans submitted to the UN. Currently they are exempt. (from the Guardian 26 Nov) https://www.theguardian.com//boris-johnsons-jet-zero-carbo

21.01.2022 100 things to do with a dead airport No. 3 Create a wildlife refuge Croydon Airport is one of the world’s first commercial airline terminals, and is now known as the Roundshaw Downs, a wildlife refuge which has jogging paths and playing fields along the runways. ... (source: Conde Nast Traveler - photo Chris Sampson) See more

20.01.2022 Enjoy your own state and country! Cut costs for your workplace by zooming instead of flying!

19.01.2022 "Dan Rutherford, at the International Council on Clean Transportation and not part of the research team, said the analysis raised the question of equality. The benefits of aviation are more inequitably shared across the world than probably any other major emission source, he said. So there’s a clear risk that the special treatment enjoyed by airlines just protects the economic interests of the globally wealthy. https://www.theguardian.com//people-cause-global-aviation-

19.01.2022 Ironic isn't it? Helicopter flights over receding glaciers helping to create the heat that melts them. https://www.stuff.co.nz//air-nz-dump-the-free-wine-cheese-

11.01.2022 100 things to do with a dead airport No 2. Create an urban campground - Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York (from cntraveler.com)

11.01.2022 For the EU to deliver its fair share of climate action, air travel must drastically be reduced, according to research commissioned by Greenpeace.

10.01.2022 Sign up to our pledge to become flight free for 2020. It is so important. https://flightfree.net.au/all-caus/flight-free-2021-pledge/

09.01.2022 100 THINGS TO DO WITH A DEAD AIRPORT NO 1. A virtual running competition! What a great idea, and an airport runway is the perfect place. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAtQxP4n_zM

09.01.2022 Protect our future, not gas. Join the online National Day of Action https://www.facebook.com/events/788619728597148/

07.01.2022 First Dog on the Moon nails it! https://www.theguardian.com//brenda-the-civil-disobedience

06.01.2022 Do you really need to fly this Christmas? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51007504

04.01.2022 Aviation warming finally recognised as 3 times worse than airline claims