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September 7, 2010
Air transport and shipping are the two major sectors with high and rising C02 emissions that have been universally exempt from curbs, due to the absence of an appropriate international agreement on how to tackle the issue. Negotiations within the competent international shipping and air line organisations have been dragging for many years without success.… » read more
April 22, 2010
For the first time in history the European Air Space has been closed. For five days essentially all air traffic had come to a halt. Seven million air travellers – tourists, air commuters, officials, businessmen and even statesmen – could not reach their destinations by using aircraft, the fastest, cheapest and often the most convenient… » read more
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Air carriers, air transport, aviation, Climate Goals, Climate Legislation, Climate Policy, English, Transport, travel |
April 20, 2010
This story about lifting the flight ban across the EU was published by EurActiv on 20th April 2010. Flights across large parts of Europe were set to resume on Tuesday under a deal agreed by the European Union to gradually free up airspace closed by a cloud of ash hurled into the sky by an… » read more
May 4, 2008
Original post by rhein
