Emissions de-growth
FLIGHT REFRAIN
Virgin Australia boss hits out a ‘flight shaming’
https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advice/flights/virgin-australia-boss-hits-out-a-flight-shaming/news-story/324a50a909feceeccfd3aaab394d3921
TAXES OR LIMITS
Measures to reduce air traffic in a just way: Stay Grounded webinar
https://stay-grounded.org/taxes-or-limits/
The behavioural, welfare and environmental impacts of air travel reductions during and beyond COVID-19
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3628750
INFRASTRUCTURE
‘SNP must review policy and reject Heathrow expansion’, former minister says
https://www.thenational.scot/news/18786693.snp-must-review-policy-reject-heathrow-expansion-former-minister-says/
UK Supreme Court hears climate case on Heathrow airport expansion
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2020/10/08/uk-supreme-court-hears-climate-case-heathrow-airport-expansion/
Covid-19 and aviation
COVID-19 FLIGHT CUTS
• How the pandemic creates a chance to track airplane air pollution
https://www.wabe.org/how-the-pandemic-creates-a-chance-to-track-airplane-air-pollution/
• Inside the airline industry’s meltdown
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/29/inside-the-airline-industry-meltdown-coronavirus-pandemic
COVID-19 BAILOUTS
• Government support to airlines in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344343940_Government_support_to_airlines_in_the_aftermath_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic
• EasyJet calls for more UK state support for airline industry
https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/08/easyjet-calls-for-urgent-uk-government-support-to-airline-industry?__twitter_impression=true
COVID-19 FLIGHT RESUMPTION
• Australia announces quarantine-free travel from New Zealand
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-announces-quarantine-free-travel-from-new-zealand
FLIGHTS TO NOWHERE
• On board a ‘moon-gazing’ flight to nowhere in Taiwan during Mid-Autumn Festival
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/fly-me-past-the-moon-if-i-cant-fly-to-another-country
Climate emergency
• Climate reality check 2020
https://www.climaterealitycheck.net
• Three scenarios for the future of climate change
https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/three-scenarios-for-the-future-of-climate-change?emci=ecff0e68-aa09-eb11-96f5-00155d03affc&emdi=898c947c-ae09-eb11-96f5-00155d03affc&ceid=3903
Emissions growth
TOTAL IMPACT
• It’s about more than just CO2: Aviation must reduce its total impact on climate
https://stay-grounded.org/fact-sheet-climate-impact/
FLIGHT DEMAND
• Use of aviation by climate change researchers: Structural influences, personal attitudes, and information provision
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959378020307676?dgcid=rss_sd_all
• Why the survival of the airlines depends on frequent flyer programs
marker.medium.com/amp/p/2509bd3f25d0
DEREGULATION
• Emails show Qantas promotes climate action in public, betrays carbon commitments in private
https://www.michaelwest.com.au/emails-show-qantas-fake-carbon-commitments/?fbclid=IwAR3bZxnVl-k_GXLy96wEQWhj2NlwJlDpPagNtTmZ5wnb9PSCwCrekf9Mua4
https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/department/ips/files/log/foi-21-002-corsia-docs-1-19-redacted.pdf
• Eleven U.S. states urge EPA to toughen planned airplane emissions rules
https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-airlines-emissions/update-1-eleven-u-s-states-urge-epa-to-toughen-planned-airplane-emissions-rules-idUSL1N2HA1X7
• Eleven states demand EPA revise airplane pollution rule
https://www.jurist.org/news/2020/10/eleven-states-demand-epa-revise-airplane-pollution-rule/
ALTERNATIVE FUELS
• Hydrogen combustion challenges face engine-makers
https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/aircraft-propulsion/hydrogen-combustion-challenges-face-engine-makers
• Airbus develops zero-emission concept planes, but experts doubt idea will fly
https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Airbus-develops-zero-emission-concept-planes-but-experts-doubt-idea-will-fly
• Airbus hopes to be flying hydrogen-powered jetliners with zero carbon emissions by 2035
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26102020/hydrogen-fueled-aircraft-clean-energy-emissions
• Sustainable aircraft fuel will need a lot more renewables capacity
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2020/10/23/sustainable-aircraft-fuel-will-need-a-lot-more-renewables-capacity/
• Heathrow CEO: Aviation should have priority access to sustainable biofuels
https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4021070/heathrow-ceo-aviation-priority-access-sustainable-biofuels
• Air bp delivers 210 tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel
https://biofuels-news.com/news/air-bp-delivers-210-tonnes-of-sustainable-aviation-fuel/
• ANA looks to sustainable aviation fuel
https://simpleflying.com/ana-sustainable-aviation-fuel
OFFSETTING
• Carbon offsetting — salvation or scam?
https://www.calltoadventure.uk/post/carbon-offsetting
HEALTH IMPACTS
• Air travel exposes you to radiation — how much health risk comes with It?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/air-travel-exposes-you-to-radiation-how-much-health-risk-comes-with-it/
NET ZERO 2050 DELUSION
• How business aviation is making the skies greener
https://aviationweek.com/business-aviation-week/how-business-aviation-making-skies-greener
• Here’s how sustainable aviation fuel can take off in Europe
https://europeansting.com/2020/10/21/heres-how-sustainable-aviation-fuel-can-take-off-in-europe/
• Aviation groups push for policies to make jet fuel more sustainable
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikescott/2020/10/26/aviation-groups-push-for-policies-to-make-jet-fuel-more-sustainable/#39497c2a54d5
