Mark Carter

Mark Carter has been researching aviation’s contribution to global warming for the last 6 years and helped set up both Flight Free Australia — http://www.flightfree.net.au — (a group campaigning to raise awareness of flying’s warming impact, with a ‘pledge to not fly’ call to action) and the No 3rd Tulla Runway coalition — http://www.no3rdtullarunway.net.au — campaigning agains the proposed third runway at Melbourne Airport. In 2018 I researched and wrote The elephant in the sky: the hazards of aviation emissions and how we can avoid them (https://flightfree.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/The-elephant-in-the-sky_online_s.pdf)

Recent articles by Mark Carter

Is Catherine King’s Tulla runway approval invalid? Yes, if climate impacts are included

Is Catherine King’s Tulla runway approval invalid? Yes, if climate impacts are included

On 10 September 2024 federal aviation minister Catherine King gave Melbourne Airport the go-ahead to build a third runway.

Exposing the layers of aviation industry greenwash

Exposing the layers of aviation industry greenwash

For the aviation industry as a whole, and, for that matter, our federal government too, ‘net zero 2050’ is just the latest layer of greenwash. The sector is a serial offender, having misrepresented its global warming impact for decades.

Pigs might fly: Australian aviations delusional emissions future

Pigs might fly: Australian aviations delusional emissions future

Australian aviation is in the news again. Having ripped off passengers, illegally sacked workers, and impacted the health of residents under airport flight paths, the industry has now received $30m from taxpayers to manufacture sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). And investors and airlines are clamouring for more.

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