Green groups claim government is shying away from cutting aviation emissions

Will Nichols
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Government report admits action needs to be taken to manage aviation emissions but gives little clue to eventual policy

A long-awaited government report on green aviation policy has failed to endorse independent proposals for limiting the sector's rapidly growing emissions, to the dismay of green groups. The government...

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