German airline boss named ‘dinosaur of year’ by environmental group
A German environmental group has named Joachim Hunold, CEO of budget airline Air Berlin, as its "Dinosaur of the Year" in 2007 for his outspoken doubts about the impact of climate change
By Agencies |
A German environmental group has named Joachim Hunold, CEO of budget airline Air Berlin, as its "Dinosaur of the Year" in 2007 for his outspoken doubts about the impact of climate change.
"Herr Hunold has richly earned the trophy by displaying his utter ignorance about measures needed to combat climate change," said Olaf Tschimpke, president of the Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU). "Even though the negative impact of climate change is well-known, Herr Hunold continues to go about audaciously belittling the issue in public."
Hunold, who has made the no-frills airline a major carrier in Germany, has attacked environmental groups that call for taxes on jet fuel, NABU said. He will receive a tin trophy of a dinosaur. NABU has presented the award every year to personalities who distinguish themselves with "antiquated ideas about environmental protection" since 1993. The head of a large utility, Harry Roels of RWE, was last year’s dinosaur.
Previous winners include the head of the German industry and trade association, Ludwig Georg Braun, and farmers’ association president Gerhard Sonnleitner. So does Hunold deserve the dinosaur award, or should he perhaps be praised for flying people cheaply to their richly deserved holidays?
"Herr Hunold has richly earned the trophy by displaying his utter ignorance about measures needed to combat climate change," said Olaf Tschimpke, president of the Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU). "Even though the negative impact of climate change is well-known, Herr Hunold continues to go about audaciously belittling the issue in public."
Hunold, who has made the no-frills airline a major carrier in Germany, has attacked environmental groups that call for taxes on jet fuel, NABU said. He will receive a tin trophy of a dinosaur. NABU has presented the award every year to personalities who distinguish themselves with "antiquated ideas about environmental protection" since 1993. The head of a large utility, Harry Roels of RWE, was last year’s dinosaur.
Previous winners include the head of the German industry and trade association, Ludwig Georg Braun, and farmers’ association president Gerhard Sonnleitner. So does Hunold deserve the dinosaur award, or should he perhaps be praised for flying people cheaply to their richly deserved holidays?
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