Archivo etiqueta «Transporte»
By Giovanni Bisignani, director-general and chief executive officer of the International Air Transport Association (THE GUARDIAN, 22/11/06):
It is disappointing that the debate on aviation’s role in climate change is guided more by emotion than facts. George Monbiot’s call for a freeze on all new airport construction, and the introduction of a national quota for landing slots, is a case in point (Drastic action on climate change is needed now – and here’s the plan, October 31).He lays much of the blame for climate change at aviation’s door, but he ignores some basic truths. UN scientists from … Seguir leyendo
By George Monbiot (THE GUARDIAN, 31/10/06):
It is a testament to the power of money that Nicholas Stern’s report should have swung the argument for drastic action, even before anyone has finished reading it. He appears to have demonstrated what many of us suspected: that it would cost much less to prevent runaway climate change than to seek to live with it. Useful as this finding is, I hope it doesn’t mean that the debate will now concentrate on money. The principal costs of climate change will be measured in lives, not pounds. As Stern reminded us yesterday, there would … Seguir leyendo
Por Antxon Olabe, consultor ambiental (EL PAÍS, 27/09/06):
Alrededor de 12 millones de personas respiramos aire de mala calidad en España. Prácticamente la totalidad de las ciudades importantes y sus áreas metropolitanas presentan índices de calidad del aire insatisfactorios, según los estándares fijados por la Unión Europea. La incidencia de la contaminación del aire en el agravamiento de problemas respiratorios en la infancia y en las personas mayores ha hecho saltar las alarmas en Europa. Se estima que uno de cada diez niños europeos padece problemas de asma y que, en total, en torno a 20 millones de europeos sufren … Seguir leyendo
Por David Hoyos, economista ambiental y miembro de Bakeaz (EL CORREO DIGITAL, 22/09/06):
La Unión Europea celebra por octavo año el ‘día sin coches’ en el marco de la Semana Europea de la Movilidad, con el objetivo de sensibilizar a la ciudadanía sobre los efectos nocivos que el abuso del automóvil comporta para la salud de las personas y el medio ambiente. Las instituciones públicas abrazan de manera entusiasta este tipo de jornadas puesto que les permite ofrecer una imagen más verde, si bien el caos que acostumbra a organizarse les supone más de un quebradero de cabeza. Lamentablemente, … Seguir leyendo
By Jon A. Krosnick, a professor of communication, political science and psychology at Stanford (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 30/08/06):
THE crash of a Comair jet in Kentucky on Sunday ended the longest safety streak in aviation history: it’s been almost five years since a passenger died in a commercial airline jet accident in the United States.
Crashes are actually very crude gauges of the safety of air travel because they remain so rare. We must pay attention instead to the little events that happen every day in the skies and on the ground that very, very slightly increase the … Seguir leyendo
By Anatole Kaletsky (THE TIMES, 09/03/06):
As I write this, I am flying back from a two-day trip to New York, as a result of which I am responsible for creating 1.2 tonnes of carbon dioxide. Next week I will be making two return flights to Europe, adding another 0.2 tonnes, and the week after that, I will be taking my entire family on a holiday to the Caribbean, creating roughly six tonnes of CO2.
Am I a carbon criminal for creating 7.4 tonnes of pollution, thereby bringing forward the day of judgment when we will all get our just … Seguir leyendo
By Keith Jowett and Roger Wiltshire, chief executive of the Airport Operators Association and secretary general of the British Air Transport Association respectively. Response to For the sake of the world’s poor… (THE GUARDIAN, 03/03/06):
George Monbiot’s diatribe against aviation was full of the sort of emotive language one might see on an extreme eco-warrior website, with references to Orwellian nightmares and “unparalleled disaster” (For the sake of the world’s poor, we must keep the wealthy at home, February 28).It is astonishing that one of the few industries where Britain is still a world leader, and which is essential … Seguir leyendo
By George Monbiot (THE GUARDIAN, 28/02/06):
At last the battlelines have been drawn, and the first major fight over climate change is about to begin. All over the country, a coalition of homeowners and anarchists, of Nimbys and internationalists, is mustering to fight the greatest future cause of global warming: the growth of aviation.
Not all these people care about the biosphere. Some are concerned merely that their homes are due to be bulldozed, or that, living under the new flight paths, they will never get a good night’s sleep again. But anyone who has joined a broad-based coalition understands … Seguir leyendo