Emissions de-growth
ALTERNATIVE FUELS
• ‘World’s first’ fully-electric commercial flight takes off
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50738983
FUEL TAX
• European airlines fight against jet fuel taxes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/european-airlines-fight-against-jet-fuel-taxes-11576612809
• Airlines hit out at jet-fuel tax burden from Europe’s Green Deal
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2019-12-10/airlines-hit-out-at-jet-fuel-tax-burden-from-europe-s-green-deal
• European aviation industry faces further scrutiny and costs over emissions
https://airlinegeeks.com/2019/12/20/37518/
Emissions growth
FLIGHT DEMAND
• Can you own a private jet if you care about climate change?
https://www.thejakartapost.com/travel/2019/12/23/can-you-own-a-private-jet-if-you-care-about-climate-change.html
• Should private jets be banned to spare the climate?
https://m.dw.com/en/should-private-jets-be-banned-to-spare-the-climate/a-51370940
GREENWASHING
• Aviation chief criticises Greta Thunberg and ‘flight-shaming’ movement
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2227664-aviation-chief-criticises-greta-thunberg-and-flight-shaming-movement/
• Business aviation community welcomes congressional promotion of aviation fuel sustainability
https://www.aviationpros.com/aircraft/business-general-aviation/press-release/21119355/business-aviation-community-welcomes-congressional-promotion-of-aviation-fuel-sustainability
OFFSETS SCAMS
• ELEVATE Innovation and Less Emissions announce groundbreaking carbon offset commitment
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elevate-innovation-less-emissions-announce-120000410.html
• Madrid’s fight over carbon markets moves to Montreal aviation talks
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-accord-aviation/madrids-fight-over-carbon-markets-moves-to-montreal-aviation-talks-idUSKBN1YN16H
HEALTH IMPACTS
• Little-understood, unregulated particles pollute neighborhoods under Sea-Tac flight paths, UW study finds
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/little-understood-unregulated-particles-pollute-neighborhoods-under-sea-tac-flight-paths-uw-study-finds/
Individual change
FLIGHT REFRAIN
• German air travel slump points to spread of flight shame
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-19/german-air-travel-slump-points-to-spread-of-flight-shame
• The FlyingLess end-of the-year update for 2019! (Part 1)
https://academicflyingblog.wordpress.com/2019/12/31/the-flyingless-end-of-the-year-update-for-2019-part-1/
• How to cut carbon — and get happier
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2019/12/26/opinion/how-cut-carbon-get-happier/
Social change
PROTESTS
• Military police remove climate protesters from Schiphol airport
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/14/military-police-remove-climate-protesters-from-schiphol-airport
• Dutch police detain dozens of climate protesters at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport during demonstration over curbing greenhouse gas emissions
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/extrications article-7792379/Dutch-police-detain-dozens-climate-protesters-Amsterdams-Schiphol-Airport.html
• We need proper scrutiny of airport plans
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/john-adams-stop-airport-expansion-3678036
ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL
• Low-carbon, virtual science conference tries to recreate social buzz
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03899-1
• Low-carbon conferencing: CO2e, experiments and lessons learned
https://www.uib.no/en/cet/131106/low-carbon-conferencing-co2e-experiments-and-lessons-learned
• CET Low-Carbon Travel Policy
https://www.uib.no/en/cet/120490/cet-low-carbon-travel-policy
• The consolations of rail travel
https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2019/12/consolations-rail-travel
• Overland train between Melbourne and Adelaide given three-month lifeline
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/overland-train-between-melbourne-and-adelaide-given-three-month-lifeline-20191224-p53mok.html#comment
