Planes and taps and climate priorities

If I step outside my front door and look down the street, I can see planes coming into land in one direction, and a water tower across the street in the other. The airport is a major source of climate pollution, and aviation is a growing concern for climate campaigners as it continues to grow unchecked. So far there is far less attention from the climate movement in the other direction – that of the water tower.

If you look at the carbon emissions from each of these – water and aviation – th...