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Aviation sector must halve its 20-year emissions projection
Ministers face 90% emission cuts call

By politics.co.uk staff Allowing the aviation sector to remain at 2005 levels will require all other areas to reduce their emissions by 90 per cent of 1990 levels by 2050, the committee on climate change (CCC) has suggested. In a letter to ministers, the committee – chaired by Adair Turner and set up to advise… Read more »

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British hostage freed in Afghanistan

By politics.co.uk staff A British journalist has been freed from Afghanistan in a dramatic military operation after being kept hostage by a Taliban group. Stephen Farrell, a New York Times reporter, was kidnapped on Saturday, together with his translator, Sultan Munadi, who was killed in the rescue. A British soldier was also killed in the… Read more »