Boeing, Netflix and Microsoft among founders of new business alliance on sustainable aviation fuels
A new alliance to help scale sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) by increasing and unifying corporate demand has been backed by a string of big-name businesses, including Boeing, Deloitte, Microsoft and JP Morgan Chase.
The first flight using blended biofuel took place in 2008. But, in 2019, less than 6% of all aviation fuel used globally was classed as sustainable.
Launched on Tuesday (20 April), the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance (SABA) is being operated by the Environmental Defence Fund and Rocky Mountain Institute, with support for the Climate Group, best known for schemes such as RE100 and EV100.
Readers respond to an article by Polly Toynbee about population decline
‘Would it be so disastrous for it to fall back to something approaching the population level of our grandparents’ era?’ asks Kathleen Roberts. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images
‘Would it be so disastrous for it to fall back to something approaching the population level of our grandparents’ era?’ asks Kathleen Roberts. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images
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Wed 21 Apr 2021 13.15 EDT
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Polly Toynbee’s view of our demographic changes is disappointingly shortsighted and narrow (Britain’s falling birthrate will damage our society – and it’s not just Covid to blame, 20 April). Of course we should be concerned if economic policies are pricing some people out of childbearing, but that shouldn’t blind us to the very real advantages of fewer people.
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The institution is already under intense pressure from campaigners over its existing relationships with oil companies.
The Science Museum, Exihibition Road, London. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Shadowssettle (CC-BY-SA-4.0)
The Science Museum is facing a major backlash after naming Shell as the sponsor of its flagship climate exhibition.
‘Our Future Planet’ will focus on ways of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through controversial Carbon, Capture and Storage (CCS) technology and nature-based solutions, as part of a programme of events leading up to the COP26 UN climate summit in November.
The London museum is already under intense pressure from campaigners over its existing relationships with oil companies BP and Equinor, with a number of key speakers pulling out of the ongoing series of ‘Climate Talks’ in protest at the institute’s continuing polluting ties.
April 16, 2021 11:27 am
Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) chief executive Ian Stevenson feels that the Private Members’ Climate Change Bill, recently introduced at Stormont, does not take full account of the role played by livestock production at the heart of Northern Ireland’s economy.
He commented: “The bill calls for Northern Ireland to achieve a ‘net zero carbon’ status by 2045. However, all the research carried out to this point would indicate that such a target could not be achieved without drastically impacting on production agriculture.
“The reality is, that it will be a very significant challenge to reduce carbon-related emissions here in Northern Ireland by up to
By Umberto Bacchi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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April 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - London’s Science Museum came under fire on Friday for having oil and gas major Royal Dutch Shell as a sponsor of an upcoming exhibition on climate change, a move described by environmental groups as “out-of-step”.
The British museum is set to reopen after coronavirus lockdowns in May with “Our Future Planet”, a display focusing on carbon capture - the process by which planet-warming gases are sucked out of the atmosphere and stored below ground.
The exhibition, which comes as Britain prepares to host a major U.N. climate summit in November, lists Shell as one of its main sponsors - drawing the ire of green activists.