Ryanair becomes first airline to enter top 10 ranking of EU carbon polluters

Madeleine Cuff
clock • 3 min read

As coal use drops off, aviation is coming to the fore as bloc's biggest emitter

Ryanair is now one of the highest emitters under the EU's Emission Trading System (EU ETS), with official data released yesterday suggesting the airline has become the first non-coal plant to enter the...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

Madeleine Cuff
Author spotlight

Madeleine Cuff

View profile
More from Madeleine Cuff

From SEMTA to Enginuity: Engineering skills body rebrands

Inside Enginuity's plan to build a workforce for the future

More on Aviation

'Perverse incentive': Study finds budget flights often cheaper than rail on many European routes
Aviation

'Perverse incentive': Study finds budget flights often cheaper than rail on many European routes

Gap in price between plane and train tickets in the UK among the widest globally, according to new Greenpeace analysis

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 21 August 2025 • 5 min read
'At best uncertain': Economists challenge government's rationale for UK airport expansion
Aviation

'At best uncertain': Economists challenge government's rationale for UK airport expansion

More than 60 academics and economists question plans for new wave of airport expansion, as they raise alarm over likely environmental and health impacts

Amber Rolt
clock 08 August 2025 • 4 min read
Heathrow Airport insists controversial £49bn third runway plan aligns with 2050 net zero goal
Climate change

Heathrow Airport insists controversial £49bn third runway plan aligns with 2050 net zero goal

But green groups argue controversial airport expansion plan risks obliterating UK climate goals while doing little to boost economic growth

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 01 August 2025 • 7 min read