Greenpeace Targets UK Airports in Heated CO2 Debate (Planet Ark)
LONDON - The war of words over aviation's impact on the climate heated up this week, as Greenpeace campaigners handed out free train tickets to UK air travellers while pilots urged them to stop feeling guilty....more...Pilots hit back over air travel greenhouse emissions 'myth' (Evening Standard)
Airline pilots have challenged the 'myth' that air transport was the major cause of growing carbon dioxide emissions....more... Eurostar strikes local rail deal (BBC News)
International rail passengers get free local links when Ebbsfleet station opens and Ashford services are cut....more... Study into 300mph city rail link (BBC News)
A feasibility study is commissioned into a high speed rail link between Glasgow and Edinburgh....more... Giving Cornwall the green light (Guardian Unlimited)
Travel: Green fish and chips, anyone? Hilary Osborne tucks into local fare on an eco-friendly break....more... Chinese tourist numbers set to top Japan (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
Just 15 years ago, fewer than one in 150 tourists arriving in Australia were Chinese, but China will eclipse Japan and the US within a couple of years....more... Chinese tourist numbers set to top Japan (Hastings Gazette)
A decade and half ago, fewer than one in 150 tourists and business travellers arriving in Australia were from China, but the economic boom in China has changed that proportion dramatically....more... DOUBLE ENTRIES 13.21 (Accounting Education)
Advert Auditing: An International Perspective Author - Bahram Soltani Publisher - Financial Times Publishing ISBN - 9780273657736 This textbook presents external auditing in an innovative manner, with heavy emphasis on theoretical and international issues, providing a carefully balanced presentation of auditing theory and practice....more... £8.6m rail upgrade cuts travel time (icTheWharf)
The £8.6 billion upgrade of one the UK's busiest rail routes has delivered more passengers and cut travel times. But Westminster's Committee of Public Accounts (CPA) warned in a report that demand on the West Coast Main Line was growing so fast that it may reach capacity in just eight years....more... |