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Environmental travel is a pest (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

greenfly

'pest' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'environmental travel' is the wordplay.
'environmental' becomes 'green'.
'travel' becomes 'fly' (flying is a kind of travelling).
'green'+'fly'='GREENFLY'

'is a' is the link.

(Other definitions for greenfly that I've seen before include "Common aphid" , "Pests" , "Common aphids" , "Garden pest" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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