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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andy Gregory

Former Red Arrows pilot swaps being ‘bad boy of climate change’ to fighting emissions with military grit

Justin Hughes is chief executive of NetZeroNitrogen - (Chris Bennet)

Former Red Arrows pilot Justin Hughes is more used to soaring through the air than toiling in the dirt.

But the former fighter pilot of 12 years and member of the Royal Air Force aerobatics team is using his military experience in the fight to reduce carbon emissions, by setting his sights on agriculture, an industry that pumps out more carbon dioxide than aviation.

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