Study says passenger has 10 times carbon footprint of economy-class flyer with 40% of flights empty return-legsLabour is exploring plans to ban private jets from UK airports from as early as 2025 should it win the election, in the party’s latest broadside against the super-rich.After a report revealed carbon emissions from the sector equivalent to 450,000 cars each year, Andy McDonald, the shadow transport secretary, said that billionaire users of private aircraft were damaging the climate and that the party would consider a ban on fossil fuel aircraft. Continue reading…
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