Werberat: AUA Werbung irreführend für Verbraucher
Austrian Airlines wurde vom Österreichischen Werberat wegen einer irreführenden Werbung für "CO₂-neutrales" Fliegen gerügt Rotterdam/Wien - 29.08.2022 - Diesen Sommer schaltete Austrian Airlines eine Werbung für einen “CO2-neutralen” Flug von Wien nach Venedig zum...
EU ETS Revision: Civil Society Calls on EU to Stop Ignoring Two-Thirds of Aviation’s Climate Impact
EU ETS Revision: Civil Society Calls on EU to Stop Ignoring Two-Thirds of Aviation's Climate Impact EU Parliament requested monitoring of non-CO2 effects in EU ETS Directive Aviation’s non-CO2 climate effects are twice as large as that of its CO2 alone - and need to...
Aviation Biofuels: Mega-Refinery Threatens Local Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Paraguay, New Case Study shows
Omega Green agrofuel (biofuel) refinery in Paraguay is one of largest agrofuel refineries in the world and the first one in South America Low demand for aviation agrofuels in Paraguay means that fuel will be produced for other people’s planes while local populations...
A Ferry-Tale & Railway Story
I didn’t think it was possible to get to the Canary Islands so quickly. The Canaries are basically next to West Sahara and 4.000 kilometres from the Stay Grounded office in Vienna, Austria. It only took us four and a half days to get there. Of course compared to a...
Young People in France Ready to Fly Less
This summary article was first posted on Greenpeace France's website. You can find it here in French. This research on the travel practices of young French people, entrusted by Greenpeace France to L'Obsoco, analyzes the tourist practices of young people with regard...
New report on aviation biofuels in Spain by SG Member Ecologistas
This summary was originally posted on the Ecologistas webpage. You can find it and the Spanish version here: https://www.ecologistasenaccion.org/187431/informe-los-biocombustibles-para-aviacion-en-el-estado-espanol/ Decarbonisation policies unclear and less than...
Where is the crime? Judging those responsible for ecocide, acquitting those who defend the planet!
This article was originally published in Portuguese on 10 January 2022 on the ATERRA website to call for a solidarity protest at the trial of the Portuguese activist Kiko, who protested against the construction of a new airport in the metropolitan area of Lisbon back...
Engaging aviation workers and trade unions
Climate campaigners are coalescing around an agenda of no expansion of airports and the need for a long-term reduction of aviation. However, not all of these campaigns have incorporated worker perspectives to better understand the impact on jobs and changes to local...
26 COPs and still climate breakdown not arrested!
A blog post by Stay Grounded member RisingTideUK So, the mouldy green dust of the "climate Davos" has settled on another COP "negotiation". 27 years on and the story is still: can; kick; road. Rather than consigning coal, oil and gas to the past, the first mention in...