Using plants and crops for fuel feedstocks is inefficient and risks indirect land-use change. Tweaking the SAF Mandate to allow more biomass feedstocks is a bad idea, for many reasons.
We set them all out in our consultation response.
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New analysis on the "small error" in aviation modelling announced by the Secretary of State of Transport, @heidialexander.bsky.social last week.
Spoiler: 4MtCO2 is not small. Read our full analysis below 👀
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Important new report by @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social looking at how oil majors infiltrate the voluntary carbon market’s regulatory bodies to soften rules and delay change.
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Expanding airport capacity without any meaningful reduction in emissions is bad for people and bad for the planet. 2/2
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As Irish Gov plans to lift Dublin Airport's passenger cap, @friends-earth.bsky.social speaks out: "Clean air and a safe climate are legal obligations, not optional extras,” this moves us toward more pollution & away from our climate targets. 1/2
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Another report warning that aviation will not decarbonise without reducing air traffic 🛬 📉
Even under optimistic efficiency scenarios, alternative aviation fuels will not be available in sufficient quantities to fully replace fossil kerosene in time.
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Airlines including Air France and Accor to pay bond penalty after missing climate goals.
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Green groups including @friends-earth.bsky.social and @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social are urging the @thecccuk.bsky.social to make it clear that airport expansion is not compatible with climate goals in its upcoming advice to the government on the ANPS.
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New report from @EUEnvironment:
Europe’s aviation sector now accounts for 13.1% of all transport emissions, and climbing faster than any other transport sector. “The aviation sector’s emissions trajectory is unsustainable,” the EEA warns.
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It is worth noting that existing homes will also be dramatically affected by Heathrow expansion and new flight paths - hundreds of thousands of people who have never been overflown will have to deal with noise pollution from planes if the plans proceed. 2/2
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A shaky foundation?
Two pillars of the Government’s growth plans are in conflict: airport expansion & housing 🏗️
Both Thamesmead and Crews Hill in Enfield - two developments shortlisted by the government's New Towns Taskforce - sit beneath flight paths. 1/2
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How should flight emission data be presented to consumers?
The DfT has released the results of a study looking at different infographics, with some interesting findings. 3/3
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However, big questions remain:
- Should the data disclosure be mandatory (CAA will review the effectiveness of the current voluntary approach in 2027)
- Should there be a single, standardised methodology to calculate the emissions of a flight? 2/3
The CAA’s decision to ask airlines and booking sites selling UK flights to provide travel emissions data to consumers within the next 15 months is a welcome move. 1/3
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Noise standards allow bigger, heavier planes to make proportionately more noise.
A flight cap at Schiphol airport was introduced to reduce noise pollution. However, the airport still expects passenger growth as airlines switch to using bigger planes.
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Unlike the UK mandate that requires fuel suppliers to ensure that a fixed percentage of all fuel sold comes from eligible SAF, the Singapore levy will go to a fund to pay for the purchase of SAF by the state. 2/2
Singapore’s Government has set a levy for all passengers to fund SAF. 1/2
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Private jet travel has soared to record highs and so has public support for fairly taxing them.
Applying carbon pricing to jets would also raise significant revenue for climate action and a just transition.
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New briefing from the SASHA Coalition on how to commercialise zero carbon emission aviation through introducing policies. This includes hydrogen and electric planes 🤓
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New UK gov data: 2.36% of 2025 aviation fuel was eligible SAF, above the 2% mandate.
However, 91% of the claimed SAF is still to be certified, so the full picture remains unclear. www.gov.uk/government/s...
AEF has signed a letter, alongside other aviation campaign groups, calling for crop-based fuels to remain excluded from the UK’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Mandate. Allowing these fuels in would undermine the mandate’s sustainability goals.
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But as demonstrated by Charlotte Bailey, it would take 357,143 portions of chips to fuel a transatlantic Dreamliner with 60 tonnes of neat, unblended SAF.
To see Hannah Bailey’s full working out, check out this article: 2/2
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Does this add up?
Fuji Film participates in a so-called fry-to-fly scheme promoting the idea that a portion of fried food can meaningfully contribute to the fuel needed to take a flight. 1/2
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How a Texas refinery turns Amazon-destroying cattle into 'green' jet fuel
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New study: Supersonic aircraft high-altitude NOx emissions could harm stratospheric ozone AND significantly impact surface air pollution—potentially worse than regular planes per unit of NOx emitted.
Another reason to keep flights subsonic? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
4 stories in the @irishtimes.com highlight the crazy approach to climate action by the government. 3 articles detailing the heavy financial & social cost of climate breakdown, and 1 where the govt celebrates increasing climate emissions for the airport by lifting the passenger cap. 🤯 #SpeirGorm
“The under taxation of air travel, offered through exemption from VAT, fuel duty, and effective carbon taxation, sends the wrong message to households, encouraging them to spend precious disposable income overseas instead of on highstreets and in domestic tourism.”
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New @neweconomics.bsky.social report zeros-in on one of the reasons behind the decline in staycations: air travel takes £££s out of the UK while also enjoying generous tax breaks and sustained political support for airport expansion. 2/3
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Domestic tourism falls £1.8bn in a year - is bad policy to blame?
1/3
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