Last week, the President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, flew to Paris in a hired Boeing 787 Dreamliner, one of the most luxurious planes in the world. Le Figaro estimates that a one-way flight from Brazzaville to Paris would cost about US$500,000. Needless to say, Sassou Nguesso’s wife, Antoinette, travelled with him.
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Cashing in on the climate crisis: Carbon Trade Exchange and Carbon Aviation 2019
Alexandre de Juniac is a worried man. He’s head of the International Air Transport Association. And it’s not just the downturn in the global economy that’s got him worried. It’s the “flight shame” movement, which started in Sweden where it’s called flygskam, which De Juniac describes as the biggest threat to the airline industry in…
“Nature cannot be fooled.” Kevin Anderson on mitigation as if climate mattered
By Chris Lang This post is based on a presentation given by Kevin Anderson, Professor of Energy and Climate Change at the University of Manchester. Anderson gave the presentation in January 2018. It remains as relevant as it was 18 months ago, perhaps more so.
Serious Fraud Office charges Andrew Skeene and Omari Bowers, former directors of Global Forestry Investments
Serious Fraud Office charges Skeene and Bowers with conspiracy to defraud, forgery, and misconduct in the course of winding up.
James Moore found guilty of wire fraud and conspiracy in Renwick Haddow’s Bar Works investment scam
James Moore found guilty on 7 June 2019, following a one-week trial before U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman.