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Austria and France banned short-haul flights to boost train travel and reduce emissions. Did it work? (climatetrace.org)

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[–] classic@fedia.io 48 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Climate TRACE emissions data suggest the policies did, in fact, deliver their hoped-for emissions reductions.

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[–] Archimedes@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago

I'm not reading that!

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