{"id":258933,"date":"2023-05-24T18:06:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T16:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=258933"},"modified":"2023-05-24T18:06:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T16:06:21","slug":"grounded-france-bans-short-haul-flights-to-cut-carbon-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=258933","title":{"rendered":"Grounded \u2013 France bans short-haul flights to cut \u2018carbon\u2019 emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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France is scared of the vital trace gas carbon dioxide, or so its government leads us to believe.<\/em>
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France has banned domestic short-haul flights where train alternatives exist, in a bid to cut carbon emissions, reports BBC News<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The law came into force two years after lawmakers had voted to end routes where the same journey could be made by train in under two-and-a-half hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ban all but rules out air travel between Paris and cities including Nantes, Lyon and Bordeaux, while connecting flights are unaffected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Critics have described the latest measures as \u201esymbolic bans\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laurent Donceel, interim head of industry group Airlines for Europe (A4E), told the AFP news agency that \u201ebanning these trips will only have minimal effects\u201c on CO2 output.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that governments should instead support \u201ereal and significant solutions\u201c to the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Airlines around the world have been severely hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with website Flightradar24 reporting that the number of flights last year was down almost 42% from 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The French government had faced calls to introduce even stricter rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full report here<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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