As English fans get set to cross Europe, anger rises at football’s carbon bootprint
Arsenal fans watch their team play Brighton at Emirates stadium on May 5.
Photograph: James Williamson/Getty Images
Controversy has erupted over the environmental impact of football fans travelling across Europe in coming weeks – to watch English sides play each other hundreds of miles from home.
Campaigners say staging games between Liverpool and Tottenham in Madrid and Arsenal and Chelsea in Baku, in Azerbaijan, will trigger the release of thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide from planes carrying supporters to the Champions League and Europa League finals.
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