Molly refers FlyBe rescue package to EU competition commissioner over potential breach of state aid rules
Molly points to the implications of the rescue package on efforts to tackle climate change as well as potential breaching EU state aid rules.
Transport
The last thing the government should do is throw a lifeline to Flybe
Rather than prop up failing airlines we need to invest in environmentally sustainable transport, argues Molly for the Guardian.
Green MEP condemns plan to reduce Air Passenger Duty to save FlyBe
Molly says that in light of the accelerating climate emergency it is absurd to suggest that we should provide a further boost to the aviation industry.
Get Bristol Moving – Lessons from Amsterdam
Bristol is to gain inspiration from Amsterdam on how to revolutionise transport provision in the city at an event to be chaired by Molly.
I’m an MEP who travels via train and ferry instead of flying – it has opened up exciting adventures
Molly writes for the i paper explaining why despite the regular treks between her South West constituency and Brussels and Strasbourg, she uses trains, ferries and land-based options.
Pulling out of Interrail will hit tourism in the South West warns MEP
Molly says the decision by the UK to pull out of the Interrail scheme will deny young people the opportunity to visit the South West and have a damaging effect on tourism.
The ‘MEP who doesn’t fly’ urges people to sign up to ‘flight-free 2020’
Molly is urging people to make a ‘flight-free 2020’ pledge, saying stopping flying, or cutting back considerably, is the ‘most important single thing we can do individually to protect our climate’.
Greens pledge support for kerosene tax to ‘clip the wings’ of aviation
As a consultation on Heathrow expansion is launched the UKs seven Green MEPs are backing a European petition demanding tax on aviation fuel.
Green MEP calls for ‘destructive’ Stonehenge road scheme to be abandoned in favour of public transport solutions
Molly has called on the Planning Inspectorate to throw out Highways England plans for a two-lane carriageway and tunnel at Stonehenge in Wiltshire.
New flights from London to Cornwall fly in the face of threats posed by climate change
Molly responds to an announcement by the Department of Transport that four new daily return flights between Newquay and Heathrow are set to begin next April.
