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Jet Zero: Does the government's green aviation plan clear the runway for zero carbon flight?

Aviation

Jet Zero: Does the government's green aviation plan clear the runway for zero carbon flight?

BusinessGreen rounds up the top takeaways from the government's long-awaited Jet Zero Strategy to decarbonise domestic flight by 2040

clock 21 July 2022 • 11 min read
Heathrow vows to make 2019 the 'year of peak carbon'

Aviation

Heathrow vows to make 2019 the 'year of peak carbon'

Airport unveils new carbon, water, and waste targets in updated sustainability plan

clock 11 February 2022 • 4 min read
Virgin Atlantic inks first commercial biofuels supply deal for Heathrow fleet

Aviation

Virgin Atlantic inks first commercial biofuels supply deal for Heathrow fleet

Airline strikes deal with Neste and ExxonMobil to supply 2.5 million litres of sustainable aviation fuel during first half of 2022

clock 09 February 2022 • 3 min read

Policy

Government targets net zero planes, roads and railways in 'landmark' green transport strategy

Long-awaited Transport Decarbonisation Plan aims to make public transport, walking and cycling 'natural first choice' for UK journeys

clock 13 July 2021 • 8 min read

Biomass

How limited is the planet's capacity for supplying 'sustainable' biomass and biofuel?

Energy Transitions Commission provides guidance on availability and use of biomass, warning sustainable sources are limited in volume worldwide

clock 07 July 2021 • 4 min read

Aviation

Heathrow debuts 'blueprint' for zero carbon domestic flights

Project NAPKIN aims to help catalyse the development of zero emission flight technologies

clock 18 February 2021 • 2 min read

Policy

Government faces fresh legal threat over Heathrow expansion plans

Good Law Project and Ecotricity CEO Dale Vince threaten court action unless government reviews airports planning policy before the final approval process for third runway begins

clock 21 December 2020 • 4 min read

Aviation

Net Zero Festival: Prepping net zero flight for take-off

VIDEO: Host Robert Llewellyn quizzes Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye, Velocys CEO Henrik Wareborn, ZeroAvia CEO Val Miftakhov and Rolls-Royce's Paul Stein about the chances of developing commercially-viable zero carbon flight

clock 21 October 2020 • 1 min read

Aviation

Zoom in on Net Zero - with Heathrow Airport's Matt Gorman

Director of the airport's carbon strategy joins BusinessGreen editor in chief James Murray for a chat about Heathrow's net zero vision, the challenges of decarbonising flight, and the tough Covid-19 economic headwinds facing the aviation sector

clock 20 September 2020 • 1 min read

Transport

'This is not optional': Government fires starting gun on net zero transport vision

Department for Transport document places signals push to reduce private car use and promises draft net zero aviation strategy in 2020

clock 27 March 2020 • 6 min read
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