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Wednesday, 05 February 2020

BBC News

• Aviation not the enemy in climate battle, says Heathrow bossThe Heathrow Airport boss says flying needs to be made more environmentally friendly rather than stopped.
• Ryanair rapped over low emissions claimsThe UK's advertising watchdog says Europe's biggest airline misled consumers about its carbon footprint.

Channel 4 News

• No-one needs to cut down any rainforest to keep planes flying – Heathrow CEOThe UK's aviation industry has announced plans to reduce its net carbon emissions to zero by 2050. It says it will do so through cleaner biofuels and electric planes rather than reducing the number of flights.

The Guardian

• Ryanair accused of greenwash over carbon emissions claimUK watchdog bans advert claiming lowest CO2 pollution of any major airlineRyanair has been accused of greenwashing after the UK advertising watchdog banned an ad campaign claiming that the airline has the lowest carbon emissions of any major airline in Europe.The budget airline, which was named last year as one of Europe’s top 10 carbon emitters in an EU report, later ran a TV, press and radio campaign claiming it was “Europe’s lowest fares, lowest emissions airlineâ€�. Continue reading...

The Independent

• Climate change crisis: Flying is ‘not the enemy’ Heathrow boss insistsJohn Holland-Kaye says synthetic fuels are solution, as prime minister says electric planes could be operational in ‘couple of years’

City AM

• Government flies into trouble with targets OpinionOne can understand why a man whose job it is to promote and run an airport may be of the view that flying is, on balance, quite a good idea.

Aviation Industry

• Government must hold industry to account to deliver on its net zero commitment Today, Sustainable Aviation has published its carbon roadmap which commits the UK industry to net zero emissions by 2050. While the industry has set the right level of ambition, following on from the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC’s) advice last …