Aircraft contrails account for 2% of humanity’s contribution to climate change

Contrails are responsible for the equivalent of 2% of humanity's entire contribution to climate change

Contrails are responsible for the equivalent of 2% of humanity’s entire contribution to climate change. To put that another way, contrails are responsible for 60% of the aircraft industry’s greenhouse effect i.e. the aircraft industry’s contribution to climate change. I bet you didn’t know that …

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Greta Thunberg pulls out of Edinburgh book festival over greenwashing sponsor

Global warming illustration

NEWS AND VIEWS – EDINBURGH, UK: If, like me, you believe in climate change (as we all should because the science unambiguously supports it), you will love Greta Thunberg because she walks the walk and doesn’t just talk about global warming and how to stop …

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Unlike politicians Greta Thunberg walks the walk on climate change

Greta Thunberg

“Don’t talk the talk unless you can walk the walk” is the well-used phrase. For the sake of clarity is means that people should do what they say they are going to do and not just talk about it. And I have immense admiration for …

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Rhodes wildfires killing animals and there are indications of arson

Rhodes wildfires are destroying the habitat of animals and killing them. There are reports of possible arson.

NEWS AND VIEWS – GREECE: The wildfires on the island of Rhodes, Greece, are all over the news media today because they are horrific. In the newspaper that I am reading, The Times, the articles concern the evacuation of tourist resorts by hordes of British …

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British Airways’ owner committed to 10% sustainable aviation fuel by 2030

British Airways' owner has committed to using biofuel and to meet the UK government's target on biofuels for airlines

The British government has proposed a mandate that aircraft fly on fuel that is at least 10% sustainable aviation fuel by 2030. The Times reports that this would require 1.5 billion L of sustainable aviation fuel a year in the UK. At the moment global …

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Shipped flowers from Kenya are ‘greener’ than vertically farmed European flowers

Vertical farming

By ‘greener’ I don’t mean the color green but a lower carbon footprint! A UK florist, Bloom & Wild is planning to fly in flowers from Kenya as it claims that doing this has a lower carbon footprint than buying flowers grown under artificial heat …

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Climate change deniers are still on TikTok despite promises to remove them

Climate change deniers

A moment ago, the BBC News announced on the television that there are still climate change deniers on TikTok despite the social media platform saying that they’d clean it up and delete all the climate denying videos. Admins said that under new community guidelines unveiled by TikTok …

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