The continued expansion of aviation is crucial to the economic health of the UK according to a new report jointly commissioned by the DfT, Visit... continue

In recent weeks it has sometimes seemed as if the whole transport policy debate has been thrown up in the air. First there was the Stern Review,... continue

Uttlesford District Council has highlighted conflicts at the heart of the Government's policies on aviation growth and climate change as the... continue

Cuts in carbon emissions will have to be made even more quickly than envisaged by the Stern Review if dangerous climate change is to be avoided, the... continue

The Conservatives have kept up the pressure on the Government over climate change by publishing their own version of a climate change Bill, ahead of... continue

The possibility that heightened concern about climate change will derail Britain's airport expansion and major road building programmes increased... continue

On 12 November The Mail on Sunday launched a personal attack on environment minister David Miliband's green' credentials. "Not once in six... continue

Paul Withrington
We congratulate you on your reporting of the climate debate and of the green or otherwise credentials of rail ('Climate change chief berates... continue

Colin Sherwood
I have recently reviewed the DfT's latest transport appraisal guidance, WebTAG Unit 3.5.6, which presents the resource costs of fuel to be used for... continue

Who's in the driving seat? Uttlesford District Council in Essex may not sound like a body that takes actions of major significance. Yet the council's... continue

'The Government is faced with a conundrum," says Benny Peiser, a social anthropologist at Liver-pool John Moores University. "If we really... continue

The Stern Review on the economics of climate change which has done so much to shape the transport debate in the last month is a "political... continue

Tireless environmental campaigner Mayer Hillman was in combative mood at last week's TRICS conference, spelling out the seriousness of climate change... continue

Tony Blair has called for an end to the use of legally binding targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Kyoto protocol requires developed... continue

Transport professionals and politicians are failing to take the threat of climate change seriously, by continuing to believe that demand for... continue

Flooding of transport infrastructure, damage to roads and rail lines caused by extreme heat, and hot travel conditions for London Underground... continue

LTT Editorial team
Proponents of all modes of transport have been keen to promote their 'green' credentials recently. Public transport advocates claim that it is a... continue

Malcolm Heymer, Dereham, Norfolk NR20
Transport taxes already cover the societal cost of carbon emissions Stephen Plowden (Letters LTT 2 Nov) claims that the monetary value of a tonne of... continue

Rik Thomas
Aviation has recently become the bete noir of the environmental movement. Which in some ways is surprising, as an organisation with the encouraging... continue

Last month's publication of the Stern review on the economics ofclimate change had politicians recalling other recent political milestones.Writing on... continue