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Latest from Opportunity Green
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The Guardian: Reeves’s Heathrow expansion plans leave Labour’s green agenda grounded
Feb 2025: Our CEO Aoife O’Leary is quoted in this coverage on Heathrow’s expansion plan.
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The Guardian: Reeves’s Heathrow third runway report was commissioned by London airport
Feb 2025: Our CEO Aoife O’Leary is quoted in this coverage on Heathrow’s expansion plan.
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Civil Society: Charities report benefits of permanent four-day week switch as further trials planned
Jan 2025: Our CEO Aoife O’Leary is quoted in this coverage on the benefits of the four-day week.
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REPORT: Policymaker's guide to controlling contrails
Jan 2025: Our briefing sets out key recommendations for policymakers to reduce aviation’s contrail impact.
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INDEPENDENT: Greenwashing complaints prompt cruise company to remove adverts
Dec 2024: Coverage of MSC Cruises withdrawing greenwashing ads following an ASA investigation as a result of OG’s complaints.
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PRESS RELEASE: MSC Cruises removes fossil LNG ads following OG complaint
Dec 2024: Investigation by UK’s Advertising Standards Authority leads to removal of environmental claims about fossil LNG in cruise ships.
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LETTER: ArcelorMittal’s emissions backtracking damages EU steel
Dec 2024: Our Legal Manager Kirsty Mitchell writes in the FT why the European steel major’s delayed green plans hinder climate action.
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PODCAST: Plotting diverging polluter-pays courses
Dec 2024: Our CEO Aoife O’Leary discusses the climate finance opportunities from shipping and aviation levies on the Jolt podcast.
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OP-ED: We need to clear the air on how we tax planes
20 Nov 2024: Our Legal Director David Kay’s op-ed on why there is no barrier under international law to taxing jet fuel.
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OP-ED: The UK is wrong to exclude shipping and aviation emissions from its NDC
13 Nov 2024: Our Legal Officer Isabela Keuschnigg's op-ed on why countries' NDCs must include international aviation and shipping.
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REPORT: Clearing the air on how we tax aviation fuel
Nov 2024: Our legal briefing debunks widespread myths about the legal obstacles to taxing international aviation fuel, showing the that decision not to tax airlines is likely a political one, rather than a legal one.
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EURACTIV: Negotiators inch closer on global price for shipping emissions
30 Sept 2024: Our Senior Manager, Climate Diplomacy, Ana Laranjeira comments on the role of climate vulnerable countries in September's IMO negotiations.
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PRESS RELEASE: Crunch time for IMO talks on shipping’s pricing mechanism
IMO climate talks must advance discussion on how to distribute revenues fairly.
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EURACTIV: NGOs sue EU Commission over 'green' shipping and aviation
28 Aug 2024: Our Legal Director David Kay is interviewed in this article about our EU Taxonomy court case.
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PRESS RELEASE: We're taking the EU Commission to court
Opportunity Green and a coalition of NGOs say polluting planes and ships should not be included in EU Taxonomy.
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OP-ED: Why we need leadership on the four-day week
26 July 2024: Our CEO Aoife O’Leary on the four-day week and why the UK government needs a clear line on work/life balance.
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OP-ED: Scrubbers don't match up to shipping's air pollution rules
25 July 2024: Our Legal Officer Isabela Keuschnigg's explains why scrubbers’ use on ships violates air pollution regulations.
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OP-ED: The UK has a shipping pollution problem
17 July 2024: Our Policy Officer Blánaid Sheeran argues that the new UK government must support an Emissions Control Area in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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BRIEFING: Building towards a just transition
June 2024: We examine legal action driving energy efficiency in buildings, and how it impacts both carbon emissions and social justice.
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BRIEFING: Climate change litigation and shipping
March 2024: Our new briefing identifies climate change cases targeting the shipping sector to date.
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