Just 1% of people cause 50% of the emissions from flying, and the fuel they use is not taxed. This is a huge tax-break for the super-rich. #Makethempay#banprivatejets#ValentinesDay
BREAKING: XR block private jet terminals at Luton Airport this #ValentinesDay
The UK Gov needs to ban private jets, tax frequent flyers, and make wealthy polluters pay.
Valentine's Day shouldn't cost the earth.
🚨BREAKING: Shell is trying to sell its Nigerian subsidiary.
This raises concerns that the oil giant could evade its responsibility for the human and environmental catastrophe they have caused in the Niger Delta.
Our government has a responsibility to hold Shell to account.
the EU’s top emitters continue to pollute with impunity. This Emissions Aristocracy of just 30 companies spews out half of the greenhouse gases covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). Report to be published 27/11...
https://t.co/pXSMoPHn2J
30 aktivister, heriblandt forskere, afbrød sidste søndag deres daglige rutine og blokerede en af de mest trafikerede veje foran Københavns Lufthavn. Et krav: Forbyd privatfly. (1/4) #StayGrounded#ForbydPrivatfly
CEOs and politicians fuelling Billions in damages and thousands deaths
https://t.co/E8yQkCI5ht
protected by the police from young activists trying to sound the alarm and prevent more unnecessary damages and deaths
@fossilfreeLDN#OilyMoneyOut
Credit Andrea Domeniconi
Transport is a major source of global CO2 emissions and local air pollution and ads for things like flights and cars play a huge role in driving demand.
Taking action starts with understanding the problem. That's where you🫵come in! Find out more 👇
https://t.co/RYEc7HWDAW
@EdmundGemmell@RestIsPolitics I do not think this is what voters wanted from Brexit - we have wasted a huge opportunity for great standards and world leading clean energy, yet are one of the most nature depleted countries in the world, still hell bent on burning regulations.
@EdmundGemmell We need to call on them to lead the way and change what is acceptable. There is a huge amount of cognitive dissonance in the very wealthy, and indeed also in most decision makers in corporations, who could influence their companies but can't step out of the box.
Who knew this was what those fluffy contrails looked like up in the atmosphere?
A ghastly cocktail of CO2, NOx, Carbon Monoxide, Hydrocarbons & Sulphur
All pumped straight into our delicate atmosphere
Thanks @BristolAirport@HeathrowAirport@Gatwick_Airport & others
Airlines pay low taxes despite being huge polluters, this costs the rest of us and burns up the planet
It's time to #MakePollutersPay
➡️We need: a tax on kerosene & ticket taxes (among other things)
https://t.co/52ArUWEhqC
BREAKING: Famed philanthropist @abigaildisney shuts down access to luxury private jets in East Hampton with veteran climate activists.
The 1% can try to hide in the Hamptons, but they can’t hide from the masses.
#TaxtheRich#StormtheHamptons
BREAKING: Climate activists shut down the Hampton’s airport, where billionaires fly their private jets in every weekend.
Fossil fuel billionaires and Wall St billionaires have the power to stop the climate crisis.
We have to make them.