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Monday, 16 September 2024

The Guardian

• Jet fuel tax could raise £6bn a year in the UK, says thinktankExperts say' 'baffling' lack of equivalent to fuel duty means motorists are more strongly taxed than private jet owners
• There's something in the air: UK airport expansion gears up for takeoffLobbyists are increasingly confident about expansion plans as concerns for the economy start to deepen. The younger, tormented minister mulling his position before the Labour government granted Heathrow's third runway in 2009 might have been greatly relieved to know that, 15 years later, not a shovel would have touched the ground.
• A carbon tax to clip the wings of frequent flyers | LettersGuardian readers respond to George Monbiot’s piece on carbon emissions and environmental policy On carbon policy, George Monbiot is correct to focus on realism, not perception (Out of 1,500 global climate policies, only 63 have really worked. That’s where green spin has got us, 12 September). Large-scale aviation will not be carbon neutral for at least 50 years.
• Boeing and striking factory workers to resume mediated talks on TuesdayWorkers voted overwhelmingly to reject wage proposal from aviation giant last week. Talks between Boeing and striking US factory workers will resume on Tuesday under a federal mediator, the union said, after workers voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposal from the embattled aviation giant.