{"id":170867,"date":"2021-11-02T18:18:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T17:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=170867"},"modified":"2021-11-02T18:18:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T17:18:14","slug":"eu-must-be-joking-vdl-shamed-for-31-mile-private-jet-flight-while-hailing-climate-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=170867","title":{"rendered":"EU must be joking! VDL shamed for 31 mile private jet flight while hailing climate deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No surprise that the EU troughers are at the front of the hypocrisy queue!<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The President of the European Commission has reportedly flown aboard a private jet on 18 out of her 34 official trips since taking up office in December 2019. Among those trips was reportedly a brief, 31-mile flight from Vienna to Bratislava, which would have taken just over an hour by train. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0<\/em>EU\u00a0<\/em><\/a>official has now been accused of contributing to a “climate disaster”, despite her commitments to slashing planet-warming greenhouse emissions across Europe.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/science\/1515249\/eu-news-ursula-von-der-leyen-private-jet-travel-air-taxis-climate-change-carbon-footprint<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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via NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/ift.tt\/3BEQ70D<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 2, 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Paul Homewood No surprise that the EU troughers are at the front of the hypocrisy queue! The President of the European Commission has reportedly flown aboard a private jet on 18 out of her 34 official trips since taking up office in December 2019. Among those trips was reportedly a brief, 31-mile flight from 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