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Green Party MEP wants state to 'make low carbon choices easier'

The environmental benefits of switching from short-haul flights to rail are limited and generate other green, social and economic costs. Kieran was joined on the show Pat Byrne, Founder and Chair of Cityjet, and Ciaran Cuffe, Green MEP for Dublin...

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16.44 29 Mar 2022


Green Party MEP wants state to 'make low carbon choices easier'


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The environmental benefits of switching from short-haul flights to rail are limited and generate other green, social and economic costs. That’s according to a new study from a number of European aviation associations, who are calling for more balance in the debate around sustainable transport.

But are the detrimental impacts from short haul flights too much for our environment to bear?

Kieran was joined on the show Pat Byrne, Founder and Chair of Cityjet, and Ciaran Cuffe, Green MEP for Dublin...

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