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Greenpeace’s jetsetter isn’t the only environmentalist who loves to fly

Plus: The relatives who leave most legacies, and the best places to park illegally in London

issue 28 June 2014

Green wings

It was revealed that Pascal Husting, Greenpeace’s international programme director, commutes 250 miles by air from his home in Luxembourg to his office in Amsterdam several times a month. Some other eco-warriors who are keen on air travel:
— Al Gore has run up 1 million air miles, the equivalent of more than 40 times around the Earth, in his campaign to save the planet, according to Wired magazine.
— In 2009, Prince Charles hired a private Airbus A319 on a 2,200-mile tour to Europe to lecture on environmental issues, and his Duchy Originals brand ships spring water 6,000 miles to sell in the Gulf states.
— Bono’s world tour in 2009 ran up carbon emissions equivalent to 90,000 people flying from London to Dublin, according to pressure group Carbon Footprint.


Leaving parties

Sting, the popular balladeer, said he was not going to leave any of his estimated £180 million fortune to his children.

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