languishes on capitol hill and americans struggle with sky high gas prices. we are all paying the price. i m sandra smith in new york. great to be back with you. john: john roberts in r washington. the president will speak in massachusetts, stop short of declaring a climate emergency. biden facing pressure from the far left to get something done after senator joe manchin shut down his plan in congress. sandra: and a drain on wallets every time they fuel up and gas prices in massachusetts have more than doubled since the summer before biden took office. rick scott will join us in moments. john: jacqui, why did the president not use the trip to declare a national climate emergency? jacqui: we don t know. speculation maybe it s tough timing to roll out the announcement on the trip to the middle east, and concerns about gas prices, state of the economy, recession fears. even some talk and speculation maybe they are holding off with some shred of a hope to get senator joe
york shortly. more on those stories in a moment. let s get more business news. good afternoon. we start in the uk where the first transatlantic flight by a passenger plane powered solely by so called, sustainable aviation fuel , has taken off. the virgin atlantic flight from london to new york currently somewhere over the atlantic ocean is part funded by the uk government. it s running on fuel made from a mixture of sources including crops, household waste and cooking oils. it has a significantly lower emissions lifecycle than traditionaljet fuel and is being billed by the industry as a big tool in hitting net zero targets but a lack of supply is a major stumbling block. we re nowjoined by hannah lawrence, who s a campaigner at stay grounded. hello there to you. many people this morning and in the build up saying it is usually significant. you, however, the organisation refers to carbon, colonisation. it’s however, the organisation refers to carbon, colonisation.
Analysis by Transport & Environment finds nearly half the world's largest corporates kept levels of flying to less than half pre-covid levels last year