'Staggeringly polluting': Study reveals private jets took off from UK every six minutes in 2022

Stuart Stone
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Credit: Ramon Kagie
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Credit: Ramon Kagie

UK-based private jets emitted half a million tonnes of CO2 in 2022, the most in Europe, as new research slams the continent's most 'carbon intense' flights

UK-based private jets clocked up their busiest year to date in 2022 with the total number of flights soaring by 75 per cent versus 2021, according to a new analysis commissioned by Greenpeace. Figures...

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