Flying

Huge majority of people disagree with Labour's claim that building a third runway at Heathrow is the right priority.

New report reveals exorbitant cost to nature.

Boris Johnson claims he has offset the carbon contribution of his flights after criticism from climate campaigners and Labour.

Seven things that every organisation should do to combat climate crisis.

How can universities balance international recognition and research with lowering their carbon footprints?

Events hosted by Flight Free UK challenge the media to reconsider its promotion of flying.

Climate Perks enables employers to offer paid ‘journey days’ to empower staff to choose low-carbon holiday travel.

The UN’s aviation body is blocking climate critics on Twitter, accusing them of 'fake news' and 'spam'.

Chancellor George Osborne promises only to 'explore' proposals for bringing in a per-plane tax on the aviation industry

Our well-grounded Kiwi reflects on his six month (almost flightless) odyssey from London to New Zealand, and answers all the usual questions on travel without wings

Thousands of miles by train, coach, bus, boat and foot and, at the last hurdle, Ewan finds that there's no way to cross the Tasman Sea except on metal wings...

Though it was slow, choppy, wet and tiring, Ewan looks back on his wind-powered crossing to Australia as an experience worth every minute

To fly or not to fly? Jeremy Smith navigates his way through a tricky issue and finds that there isn't a simple answer

In the six years I spent at the Ecologist from 2001-2007, there was only one issue we really shied away from tackling properly. And that was tourism.

The Government's green light for Heathrow's third runway makes no economic - let alone environmental - sense, says Joss Garman

Soaring fuel prices and stratospheric carbon emissions bode ill for the aviation industry. Is flying beyond redemption? Mark Anslow tries some blue-sky thinking

What do you do if you're a homesick Kiwi stuck in Europe, who won't fly on ethical grounds? You take the long road...

No one believed Big Tobacco could ever be snuffed out - until health warning stickers were made law. If the same principle of science, information and activism were applied to the aviation industry, argues Mark Anslow, the air we breathe could get cleaner yet

Adverts for flights should carry cigarette-style warnings, centre-left think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has advised.