Press Releases for 2005
CUT YOUR AIR TRAVEL! - GREENS CALL FOR CUTS IN AIR TRAVEL TO MARK WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY SUNDAY 5TH JUNE
27 May 2005Kent Greens are calling for people to cut their air travel to mark World Environment Day on Sunday 5th June. Dr Hazel Dawe, Campaigns Officer of Kent Green Party, comments:
"One of the easiest cuts in greenhouse gas emissions people can make is to cut their air flights. Aviation emissions are increasing by about 6% a year in Europe and there is still no tax on aviation fuel, unlike fuel taxes applied to petrol and diesel for cars and other vehicles. Given disturbing evidence that global warming is speeding up (1), there is a need for a managed reduction in air travel. This will prevent airport expansion in various locations in Kent, such as Manston and Lydd, and should help to reduce over-flight of Kent from Heathrow and Gatwick. Airline operators will respond to increased ticket prices, as they have with rising fuel prices recently, by making sure aircraft are full of passengers.
"Clearly, there will be benefits in reducing noise pollution from airports and aircraft, if a rigorous policy is followed. Kent Green Party sees international rail service operators benefiting significantly from aviation paying for its pollution. In short, if employment in airports continues to decline in most locations, employment in rail services may well increase in consequence for journeys to Europe."
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Further information: Dr Hazel Dawe, on 01233 645167 or 07747 014487. Contact address as above. NB. Kent Green Party is supplying speakers to meetings of the campaigning group Lydd Airport No Expansion: Friday 17th June Assembly Rooms, New Romney at 7.30pm; Wednesday 6th JulyTown Hall, High Street, Hytheat 7.30pm; Wednesday 27th July Dymchurch VillageHall, Dymchurchat 7.30pm.
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1. For example: BBC Press Office: Horizon reveals potential huge increase in global warming www.bbc.co.uk/print/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/.......; Global Warming Is 'Twice As Bad As Previously Thought' by Steve Connor - The Independent U.K. - Thursday 27 January 2005, quoting from a new article in premier science journal Nature; Countdown to global catastrophe - Climate change: report warns point of no return may be reached in 10 years, leading to droughts, agricultural failure and water shortages By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor, The Independent - 24 January 2005 The report was assembled by the Institute for Public Policy Research in the UK, the Centre for American Progress in the US, and The Australia Institute. The group's chief scientific adviser is Dr Rakendra Pachauri, chairman of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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