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'No more wiggle room': Aviation carbon budget could be cut under net zero target

Madeleine Cuff

28 June 2018 •

'No more wiggle room': Aviation carbon budget could be cut under net zero target

Just days after MPs approve third runway at Heathrow, CCC chair Lord Deben warns aviation may face tighter restrictions

If the UK adopts a net zero emissions target the carbon budget for aviation could be cut further, according to the government's climate watchdog, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC). Just days after...

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