TRAVEL NEWS
Friday, September 14, 2007
Tory group backs new flight tax
Tax rises for UK short-haul flights and for "gas-guzzling" cars are needed to combat climate change, a Conservative policy review group has said.
news.bbc.co.uk
news.bbc.co.uk
Labels: climate, environment, tax, UK
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Tour firms lose 'green' tax case
A legal challenge to the way the government's "green" tax on air travel was introduced has been thrown out by the High Court.
news.bbc.co.uk
news.bbc.co.uk
Labels: air travel, environment
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Green groups dismayed as flights soar to record high
With aviation growth soaring to an all-time high, green campaigners are saying that the cost to the environment will be paid by the victims of climate change.
news.independent.co.uk (page not found)
news.independent.co.uk (page not found)
Labels: aviation, climate, environment
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Travel: the new tobacco
Rough Guides founder Mark Ellingham believes that traveling is so environmentally destructive that there is no such thing as a genuinely ethical holiday, with our addiction to 'binge flying' killing the planet.
guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk
Labels: 'binge flying', environment, Rough Guides

