Blogposts tagged 'Flying Matters'

Flying Matters: leaked lobbying plan

Posted by christian - 19 February 2009 at 8:00am - 0 Comments

Michelle de Leo and Susan Kramer

Michelle de Leo, Flying Matters lobbyist (right) debates with Susan Kramer MP

Flying Matters are a lobbying firm which lobbies on behalf of the aviation industry. Their spokespeople pop up again and again to argue the case for aviation expansion being a good thing. And if you're interested, their leaked strategy document for the coming year has come into our possession, and you can download it here. [PDF]

Article tagged as: aviation, BAA, climate change, flying matters, heathrow, lobbying

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Message from the North: "Climate change is upon us"

Posted by bex - 31 July 2007 at 9:44am - 0 Comments

A glacial melt lake in Greenland.

It's becoming pretty obvious that the aviation industry is creeping closer and closer to the tactics of big tobacco and big oil in their attempts to "teach the controversy" over science that doesn't suit their profit margins.

Last week, it was an outrageous display of bullying aimed at groups concerned about climate change. A couple of weeks ago, there was another, smaller episode that got a lot less press; the aviation industry's briefing against an Inuit leader who came to the UK to tell his "southern neighbours" that the people of the Arctic are already feeling the impacts of climate change.