News & Blog
In this section you find current information about the aviation industry and campaigns to counter aviation. You can see all articles of one category by clicking on the yellow button with the category’s name.
Stay Grounded Condemns UK Supreme Court’s Go-ahead of Heathrow Expansion
UK Supreme Court ruled to overthrow decision to stop third runway // Stay Grounded condemns the Supreme Court’s decision // Airport expansion is incompatible with a climate-just future and the UK’s climate commitments London/Vienna, December 16 2020 – The UK Supreme...
Protest flour against Vienna Airport Expansion
In Austria, a coalition of local producers, citizens' initiatives and climate activists created the "3rd Runway Flour" made from organic wheat grown on the fields that Vienna International Airport wants to seal for a planned third runway. With the 3rd runway flour,...
33 ONG appellent l’UE à prendre rapidement des mesures pour réduire tous les impacts climatiques du transport aérien
Une nouvelle étude pour la Commission européenne montre clairement que l’impact climatique du transport aérien est bien pire que ce qui est dit et répété. Malgré cela, la Commission européenne ne propose pas d'action qui puisse prendre effet avant 5 à 8 ans. Les ONG...
33 organisations urge the EU to address the full climate impact of aviation now
New analysis for the European Commission underlines that aviation’s climate impact is far worse than widely claimed. Despite this, the European Commission is not proposing any meaningful action within the next few years Campaigners demand a sustained reduction of air...
New European Commission study adds to evidence on aviation’s total climate impact
New European Commission study makes clear that aviation is far worse than expected. Meanwhile, the aviation industry, having its annual IATA meeting today, demands additional $ 80 billion. Stay Grounded urges to account for real climate impact and stop giving more...
Planet holds breath for Heathrow landmark ruling
--> Please see previous RisingTideUK blog on the High Court Verdict and the case leading up to the Court of Appeal here:- https://stay-grounded.org/london-heathrow-expansion-3d-runway-runaway-climate-breakdown/ Summary So, we await the verdict of the UK Supreme...
Staying on the Ground in India: “Slow travel is the way forward”
In this grounded story by Vivek Gilani we learn about his motivation to reduce flying and about train travel in India. Vivek is Managing Director of cBalance, a new Stay Grounded member, which creates climate action tools for industry, institutions and consumers. The...
Understanding Greenwashing and False Solutions
The aviation industry is engaged in a concerted global greenwashing campaign to divert attention from the immense climate impact of air traffic. More worryingly still, UN body for civil aviation has developed a worldwide climate mitigation plan which does not cut...
Frequent Flyer Levy: Tackling the Injustice of Flying
Air travel is the preserve of the global rich: recent research shows that less than 1% of the global population cause more than 50% of emissions from passenger air travel. Reducing this frequent flying behaviour in a relatively small number of people would produce a...
The total climate impact of aviation
For a long time, the aviation industry and governments ignored the fact that aviation's climate impact is not only about CO2: burning kerosene at altitude also generates contrails, induced cloudiness and NOx derivatives that, although short lived, contribute...