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Air & Climate E-Zine February 2011 |
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| This Month´s Featured Articles, Papers & Reports |
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Time to stop subsidising the most polluting form of transport
Late last month, the World Trade Organisation told the USA and the EU what it thinks of US subsidies to Boeing (story, page 2). Last June, the WTO delivered a similar verdict on EU subsidies to Airbus. Of course both sides claim that the other’s subsidies are worse – we can’t yet check these claims because the WTO report won’t be published for another few weeks, but it is clear that Airbus received more taxpayer-backed ‘sweet’ loans, while Boeing received more ... |
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Shipping carbon emissions come under scrutiny
Cutting energy costs and supply chain pressures will be the major drives for the shipping industry to cut its carbon emissions. The shipping industry’s growth and the rise of living standards around the world puts the industry’s carbon emission under scrutiny. Shipping has long being one of the world’s `invisible industries’ – but its carbon emissions are now bringing it under the glare of critical scrutiny. Relatively speaking, Ships are climate change ... |
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