Tag: Air Travel - Page 3
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Flying From Frankfurt to Hamburg, With or Without Biofuels, Hard to Justify on Environmental Grounds
Today is the day! As I reported last week Germany airline Lufthansa has now begun using biofuels on about one-third of its flights from Frankfurt to Hamburg. The fuel is supplied by Finland's Neste Oil and until now,
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Lufthansa Will Become First Airline Using Biofuels On A Commercially Scheduled Route
photo: Andres Rueda/Creative Commons Lufthansa looks set to make aviation history: Using biofuels on a regularly scheduled route. From July 15, one Lufthansa Airbus A321 will ply the 244 miles route from Frankfurt to Hamburg with one engine burning
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British Prime Minister Asks Ministers and Civil Servants to Fly Coach
Britain's Foreign Office has already asked ambassadors and civil servants to fly economy in an effort to cut their carbon emissions. (See Mike's excellent guide to greener flying on why the demand business class seats creates more emissions per
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If Airlines & Passengers Can't Afford To Pay For Their Emissions, We Can't Afford To Fly At All
The European Union's long-coming plan to include foreign-based airlines in its carbon trading scheme is scheduled to begin in January 2012, which would make all airlines flying to and from Europe to paying for their
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Aircraft Punching Holes In Clouds Can Increase Precipitation Around Airports
Definitely interesting: New research in the journal Science shows how airplanes can affect the local weather around airports. As the planes fly through the clouds, they can punch
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Nesting Turtles Close JFK Runway in 'Zen' Moment
The eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland and severe winter storms in Europe both snarled air
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More NYC Geese To Be Killed This Year - And Sent to Pennsylvania Slaughterhouse
New York City has just started another round of killing hundreds of geese, at taxpayer expense, despite that the cull has so far failed to limit geese population growth or improve air safety. The geese culls have not gone
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Honeybee Air Monitoring Comes to Berlin's New Airport
Bees may well be a canary in the coal mine when it comes to environmental quality. But as scientists still struggle to determine the causes of colony collapse, airports in Germany have been using honeybees to evaluate the impact of
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Solar Airplane Embodies "Use Less and Live Better" at Green Week 2011
As the biggest annual conference on European environmental policy convenes this week in Brussels, the solar airplane Solar Impulse HB-SIA features as the embodiment of the conference theme "Use Less and Live Better." After
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Greenopia Rankings Push Airlines to Pursue Virgin
Not much has changed since Mat reported on Greenopia's Greenest Airlines ranking last year. Virgin America still leads the pack followed by Continental and Alaska Airlines.
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Students' Pedal-Powered Helicopter Achieves Lift-Off
Imagine hopping into your very own pedal-powered helicopter, soaring majestically above the ground with nothing more than your arms and legs propelling your flight. Well, that's just what a team of engineering students from the
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Video Conferencing Worth Over $3.8bn By 2016?
The IPCC is a big fan of video conferencing, and while we had some doubts about early videoconferencing technologies, with technology getting better and better—and Prince Charles giving speeches as a 3D "hologram"—it seems logical that
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Blame it on the Beckhams: Carbon Footprint of the Royal Wedding is Huge
The big day has arrived: it's a national holiday in the UK and everyone has either fled the country or is watching it on the telly. It seems churlish to complain about the carbon footprint of the wedding, but someone has to do
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Would You Pay a Tiny Flight Tax to Help Protect People from Climate Change?
Economists at the International Institute for Environment and Development say a "small tax" on international airline tickets could raise $10 billion (US) a year to help people adapt to the impacts of climate change. People
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What's the Carbon Footprint of Love, and How Do We Reduce It?
As my bio states, as a younger, idealistic activist in England, I once vowed never to fly again. Then I fell in love with an American, got married on a goat farm, did my part to contribute
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Stunning Kite Aerial Photography Means No Airplane Required (Slideshow)
Earthbound photographers are capable of capturing incredible images—and digital technology allows even hobby photographers to create images that transcend human perception—but sometimes, a simple
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Airport Protests Increased Emissions. Does It Matter?
From occupying airport runways to scaling the House of Parliament, the direct action anti-aviation activists of Plane Stupid are well known for courting controversy. With a number of
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IndiGo Air Greens Fleet with Airbus "Neo" Jets
An Indian low-cost airline, IndiGo, has been the first buyer of 150 Airbus A320neo fuel-efficient jets, not only expanding its currently modest
