Red Card: World Cup Fans and the Public Subsidize Private Jet Polluters

It’s time to issue another red card — for private jets at the FIFA World Cup.

During the month-long tournament, a great deal of scrutiny focused on the excessive private jet consumption by FIFA president Gianni Infantino. He flew an estimated 60,400 miles on a Gulfstream luxury jet provided by World Cup sponsor Qatar Airways, spewing almost 600 metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

But Infantino wasn’t the only one committing a foul. Over 92,000 private jets flew in and out of World Cup host cities during the days around matches, according to a new tracking system created by the Institute for Policy Studies. This contributed over 147 kilotons of excess carbon emissions, the equivalent of driving 34,000 gas-guzzling cars for a year.

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