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Train travel more green

Train travel more green
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France bans domestic flights to 2.5 hours in the country to reduce carbon emissions. The law entered into force 2 years after the vote of the routes that the nations can be performed under 2.5 hours by train the same journey. Forbidden, the capital of Paris and Nantes, Lyon and Bordeaux excludes air trips between cities. Linked flights were not affected by prohibition. The decision criticizes the measures as ‘sembocy’.

More strict rules should be brought
[[T]]European Airlines (A4E) said the temporary head of the industry group Laurent Donceel said that the French news agency made to AFP would have a little impact on the CO2 release of prohibiting these trips. Donceel calls to find ‘real solutions’ to governments instead. Airlines around the world have been severely affected by the coronavirus pandemi. Flightradar24 website reported that the number of flights last year is almost 42 percent compared to 2019. French government faces with calls to bring more stringent rules. The Climate Convention of France citizens, which was revealed by President Emmanuel Macron in 2019 and created by 150 citizens, suggested that the train journeys were removed in places under 4 hours.

Source: News