A new study in the US, led by the School of Public Health, the University of North Carolina Institute for the Environment, PSE Healthy Energy and Environmental Defense Fund has examined the direct link between emissions from country’s oil and gas production and morbidity and mortality among the population.
The extravagance of Premier League football teams’ pre-season tours has been criticised in the past, with an example much cited referencing a match between Liverpool and Manchester United in Bangkok which was responsible for emitting 7,000 times more CO2 than if it had been played in the UK (and that doesn’t include the travelling fans).