'Crashing our climate': Groups seek judicial review against government's Jet Zero Strategy

Stuart Stone
clock • 5 min read
A planet takes off at Manchester Airport | Credit: iStock
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A planet takes off at Manchester Airport | Credit: iStock

Campaign groups launch legal action against Department for Transport, claiming net zero aviation 'fantasy' amounts to breach of Climate Change Act

Climate charity Possible and the Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport (GALBA) have today filed for a judicial review of the Department for Transport's Jet Zero Strategy, which set out how the government...

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