TfL’s air miles soar after Khan declares ‘climate emergency’

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Khan: climate delayers “as pernicious as deniers”

Khan: climate delayers “as pernicious as deniers”

Staff at Transport for London recorded a big increase in their air miles travelled for work purposes in the year that London mayor Sadiq Khan declared a climate emergency.  

TfL staff flew 1,040,637 kilometres in the third quarter of 2019/20, 56 per cent more than the 665,995 kilometres recorded in the third quarter of 2018/19.  

Khan, who chairs TfL, declared a climate emergency in December 2018. Last summer he said “climate delayers” were the “biggest obstacle to...

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