Now Cardiff » Intergovernmental http://www.now-cardiff.com News From the Capital of Wales Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:30:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Randerson hits out at unsustainable air subsidies http://www.now-cardiff.com/snippets/randerson-hits-out-at-unsustainable-air-subsidies/515/ http://www.now-cardiff.com/snippets/randerson-hits-out-at-unsustainable-air-subsidies/515/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:47:53 +0000 NOW Cardiff http://www.now-cardiff.com/?p=515 Welsh Lib Dem Shadow Transport Minister, Jenny Randerson AM commenting on the report of the Committee on Climate Change’s Aviation said: “In Wales, Government finds itself in a contradictory situation: On the one hand agreeing to the Welsh Liberal Democrats call for 40% emissions reduction by 2020, whilst on the other hand, spending millions of pounds of taxpayers money subsidising air travel between Cardiff and Anglesey.

“This subsidy is unsustainable in environmental and economic terms, confirmed by the lack of private service provision of the intra-Wales service.”

“The Welsh Liberal Democrats believe that Government should Include aviation in the UK and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change emissions inventories, and ensure that the UK emissions target in the Climate Change Bill includes aviation and shipping. We cannot pretend that the aviation industry deserves special treatment.”

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