Oxfam have revealed the climate damage done by a small number of private jets compared to the ordinary population.
The Scottish Government is being urged to turbo-charge talks with UK ministers to introduce a tax on private jets. Oxfam Scotland said the private jet emissions of billionaires are the equivalent of 35million train journeys between Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Queen Street.
The charity is urging the Scottish Government to use its devolved powers to bring in a levy on what it describes as “super-polluting private jets ”. First Minister John Swinney is being urged to hold talks with the UK Government to allow Holyrood ministers to use long-held powers to tax passengers on planes leaving Scottish airports.
“A devolved private jet tax would raise crucial funds to fight climate change while sending a clear signal that the ultra-wealthy will no longer be permitted to use Scottish skies to pollute with impunity.”
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