Greta Thunberg joins protest against Farnborough Airport expansion
Greta Thunberg has marched alongside Extinction Rebellion activists to protest against an airport’s expansion plans.
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Greta Thunberg has marched alongside Extinction Rebellion activists to protest against an airport’s expansion plans.
British airline Virgin Atlantic on Tuesday piloted the first long-haul flight powered entirely by Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), an event environmental groups labelled "greenwashing".
Were it not for the gaggle of TV cameras, pundits and bright-eyed executives, Virgin Atlantic’s 11.30am flight from London Heathrow to JFK, New York City on Tuesday looked like any other plane. Same cherry-and-white livery, the familiar heft of a Boeing 787. But all was not as it seemed.
Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 flight from London to New York was powered without using fossil fuels, relying on so-called sustainable aviation fuel made up largely of tallow and other waste fats.
Claims that a first flight with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will take us closer to “guilt-free flying” have been dismissed as "a joke."