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

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