Aviation

American aviation sector accused of using 'every trick in the book' to block the European Union's efforts to reduce carbon emissions

Plans for a new international airport in the coastal city of Mumbai will destroy yet more of its mangrove ecosystems, and there are fears the deal has already been closed

Why, asks Molly Scott Cato, did it take a volcanic eruption to demonstrate to us the hugely fragile links that hold our modern lives and economy together?

Report highlights rapid growth in short-haul flights within Europe and the failure to tackle air pollution from road transport

Calculations on the cost of building a third runway at Heathrow are outdated and do not make economic sense says a new report

Our well-grounded Kiwi reflects on his six month (almost flightless) odyssey from London to New Zealand, and answers all the usual questions on travel without wings

Thousands of miles by train, coach, bus, boat and foot and, at the last hurdle, Ewan finds that there's no way to cross the Tasman Sea except on metal wings...

Long haul leisure flights the main driver of aviation emissions, says report that believes Heathrow airport can be expanded without breaking the UK's carbon emissions targets

Ryanair is calling on the Scottish Government to further subsidise air travel

Dan takes a trip down memory lane... and discovers that not only did we call for taxes and sanctions in the last recession, but that just a few years ago airlines were promising us serious cuts...

Aviation sector wants to avoid a closed trading scheme and forced carbon emissions cuts

He is the latest politician to fall for the aviation lobby's social class argument – but it just doesn't stand up to scrutiny

The Maldives Proposal for a Levy on International Flights breaks the taboo on taxing international aviation but it's not enough to tackle aviation's growing emissions, says Tim Johnson

With plane, train and automobile emissions still increasing,
are we being honest with ourselves about how and how often we travel? Matilda Lee looks at the bare necessities of transport

In the six years I spent at the Ecologist from 2001-2007, there was only one issue we really shied away from tackling properly. And that was tourism.

Groundstaff at Japan’s Hokkaido airport must be the only team in the world trying to save the snow that collects on the taxi-ways, rather than get it to melt as quickly as possible.

The Government's green light for Heathrow's third runway makes no economic - let alone environmental - sense, says Joss Garman

Another day, another wonder crop offering green and guilt-free air travel. When will the aviation industry get is head out of the clouds?

BAA are seeking “arguably one of the most wide-ranging injunctions ever” against the Camp for Climate Action, environmental campaigners told the Ecologist today.

Soaring fuel prices and stratospheric carbon emissions bode ill for the aviation industry. Is flying beyond redemption? Mark Anslow tries some blue-sky thinking

What do you do if you're a homesick Kiwi stuck in Europe, who won't fly on ethical grounds? You take the long road...

Our addiction to oil is not inevitable. We can all take steps to kick the habit

No one believed Big Tobacco could ever be snuffed out - until health warning stickers were made law. If the same principle of science, information and activism were applied to the aviation industry, argues Mark Anslow, the air we breathe could get cleaner yet

The European Union has been accused of letting the air industry off the hook in tackling carbon dioxide emissions.