RyanAir becomes first airline to publish monthly carbon emissions

Madeleine Cuff
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But the Irish airline is also the tenth highest emitter in the EU's Emission Trading System

RyanAir has become the first EU airline to publish monthly carbon dioxide emissions, admitting yesterday that it emitted 1.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in May. It's the first time any EU airline...

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