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A campaign to combat rowdy travellers has warned passengers at Edinburgh Airport they could be banned from flying or even jailed. The One Too Many scheme is reminding passengers they should be travelling responsibly or face serious penalties. The renewed push comes after a nine-year-old boy was apparently left in tears when a stag party […]
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Solar power in Scotland could be set for a boom in the next five years, organisers of the annual solar conference in Edinburgh have said. The Capital hosts the annual Scottish Renewables Solar Conference in September which will see more than 260 organisation come together to discuss the future of solar power in the country. […]
Continue ReadingJuly 19th, 2019 by Steve Hanley Let’s face it. Flying is a dreadful idea if the objective is to lower total global carbon emissions. While the amount of CO2 emitted per passenger per mile may be modest, with more than 37 million commercial flights each year, a lot of carbon gets injected high in the […]
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Boeing said it is booking a $4.9 billion charge to cover possible compensation to airlines that have cancelled thousands of flights since the 737 Max jet was grounded after two deadly accidents. The aeroplane builder also said the Max-related fallout will cut $5.6 billion from its revenue and pre-tax earnings in the April-through-June quarter. The […]
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday invited inputs for his Independence Day speech on August 15 — and received over 850 suggestions within two hours. Also Read: PM Modi meets BJP MPs in 47-56 age group over breakfast The Prime Minister used his official Twitter handle to invite the inputs on a forum specially created on […]
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Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday accepted state Power Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu’s resignation. The Chief Minister forwarded the one-line resignation to Governor V.P. Singh Badnore for formal acceptance, who too accepted it, an official spokesperson told IANS. Within hours of the resignation letter being forwarded to him by the Chief Minister, the […]
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