Aviation industry's 'impressive progress' on climate is pie in the sky

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Bill Hemmings of Transport & Environment says civil society groups should be allowed to take part in talks on cutting emissions from the aviation industry

Representatives of the aviation industry were in flying form when they claimed "impressive progress" towards reducing the sector's contribution to climate change last month. However, our enthusiasm is...

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