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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
John Vidal and David Adam

'Avoiding flying is not an option', says Green & Blacks boss

A plane flying over a petrol station
Avoiding flying is not an option, says Dominic Lowe, the boss of Green & Black's chocolates. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

Here's Dominic Lowe, boss of Green & Black's chocolates, writing in British Airways' inflight magazine High Life on whether cutting back on flying is a "sensible" response to climate change:

Meeting people face to face is important ... so avoiding flying is not an option. It is imperative, though, that we do our bit for the environment in other areas.

Like what, Dominic? "I've changed all our lightbulbs, installed an energy meter, and I drive a fuel-efficient car." Phew, that should do it.

And here's BA chief Willie Walsh, in the same mag, answering a convenient question about Heathrow: "A third runway would certainly reduce the need for holding patterns or queues on the ground, which in turn would reduce carbon emissions."

Want to question his logic? Just write to willie.walsh@bahighlife.com and he'll "do his best" to answer.

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