France bans short domestic flights in favour of the train
The French parliament has passed a bill banning domestic flights to destinations that can be reached by train within 2.5 hours. The ban should benefit the climate, but in practice the plan appears to affect only five of more than a hundred flights. According to environmental organisations, the most polluting flight routes remain out of harm’s way.
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