Aviation

Conservatives pledge to scrap plans for a Heathrow third runway in favour of a £20bn high-speed rail link between London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester

Proposed airport in Thames estuary would cut noise and air pollution, and perhaps even promote rail travel

Consultation moves forward with final decision now expected before the end of the year

Improved aircraft design and air traffic management leads to three per cent cut in emissions since 2000

Web conferencing and rail increase in popularity due environmental concerns and rising fuel prices

Research claims simpler "climate compensation" model needed to tackle low customer awareness of offsetting

It may have just broken the world record for solar powered flight, but the engineering firm reckons commercially viable manned flight remains "highly unlikely"

European Parliament proposal to ensure cash from auctioning carbon credits to airlines goes to fund green projects looks set to be rejected by the UK

Biting the hand that flies?

Emirates airline is banning all on-board paper in an effort to boost fuel efficiency