Airlines 'must pay for damage'

Not that we didn't know this already but ...

"Prof Whitelegg said the growth in demand for flying is now one of the most serious environmental threats that the world faces.'This growth has been fuelled by generous tax breaks and state aid and is contrary to the objectives of environmental policy, especially efforts to prevent the worst consequences of climate change."



Part of the solution is, of course to eliminate the tax breaks and do so in such a way that the cost of flying financially, incorporates the cost to the planet and to the societies and communities most directly and adversely affected.