Eurostar has taken the lead in coming up with a plan to cut carbon emissions and getting “greenâ€. The train operator that links England with the rest of Europe through the English Channel promises to reduce CO2 emissions by 25% per passenger by 2012. Eurostar CEO Richard Brown pointed out that a high-speed train journey is 10 times greener than flying. Environmental group Friends of the Earth has welcomed the move by Eurostar and said that it favors a reduction in the number of short haul flights.