Tag: Airlines - Page 2
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Southwest Airlines Announces More Energy-Efficient Landings
Southwest Airlines is changing its landing procedures in the hopes of reducing emissions, delays, and of course, costs. The move is driven in part by changes mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration that
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Airline to Launch Massive Biojet Fuel-from-Waste Project
British Airways is already working on a goal of running planes on 10% made-from-waste biofuel, Air New Zealand has a goal of using one million barrels of sustainable biofuels by 2013, and
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Airplanes = Largest Source of Lead Air Emissions
Get on a small plane, and carbon emissions aren't the only environmental problem to think about. Aviation fuel is the largest source of lead emissions, and Friends of the Earth is calling on the EPA to get it under
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Global Aviation Industry Aims to Cap Emissions in 2020 + Strengthens Energy Efficiency Target
With the European Union's plan to include aviation in its emission trading scheme just two years away, there's some more movement on slowing the growing carbon footprint of the airline industry. At the annual
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Ryanair Boss: Scientists Have "Nearly Always Been Wrong"
Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary may come close to rivaling arch-climate skeptic Lord Monckton when it comes to craziness. Having ranted and raved about eco-loonies in the past, he's now laying firmly into the scientific
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US Objects to Its Airlines Having to Pay For Their Pollution in EU Emission Trading Scheme
This one's been inbound for a couple of years now, the United States objecting to the European Union's plans to make foreign airlines start paying for the carbon emissionsM from landing and taking off there from 2012, but
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Standing Seats On Airplanes Are A No-Fly Zone
Four years ago we wrote about the idea of standing seating on airplanes, and noted that "there could be a TreeHugger case that more people crammed in means less fuel burned per person, and we also suspect that it will end
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German Government Proposes Eco-tax on Air Travel
Everyone knows by now that the European member states have started a belt-tightening kick. Germany's Chancellor Merkel has presented an austerity plan that includes an eco-tax on air travel. And the air is already heating up:
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Virgin America Tops Greenest US Domestic Airline Rankings
If you're already fan of Virgin America here's another reason to like them: Greenopia has just ranked them the greenest US domestic airline of the ten major airlines they surveyed. Alaska Airlines and Continental took
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The Return of the Contrails
The end of the ban on flying seems to be touch and go with most flights still cancelled until later this afternoon. But some are rhapsodizing about a world without planes and the joys of cloud watching
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British Airways' to Create Jet Fuel from Landfill Waste
With the US Airforce announcing that cost-competitive algae jet fuel may be just months away, greener flying is looking less and less like pie in the sky. Despite seeing its profits squeezed by
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Saltwater Biofuel Production & Fish Farming Combined by UAE's Masdar Institute
It's been a while since saltwater-loving salicornia has made an appearance on these pages, but a new research effort by the Masdar Institute is bring it back. As Technology Review reports Masdar is hoping to combine fish and shrimp farming with
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Camelina Acreage for Aviation Biofuel in US to More Than Double in 2010
KLM is one of the growing number of airlines looking to camelina, completing the first aviation biofuel with passengers late last year. Photo: Peter Hellberg. Camelina is emerging as an aviation biofuel feedstock with some promise. Everyone from KLM to
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Qatar Airways Enters the Aviation Biofuel Ring - Starts Biomass-to-Liquids Project
And then there were... well, I've stopped counting how many airlines are trying to develop a biofuel that will enable them to keep on flying and become carbon neutral(ish), but Qatar Airways is the latest to enter the ring. The
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Flying Through Thunderstorm Equivalent to Getting 400 Chest X-rays?
Here's one that motivates me, Miss Wanderlust, to pack away my passport and more seriously consider that staycation.
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KLM Schedules First Biofuel Test Flight With Passengers
Mark your calendars for November 23rd. That's when the first aviation biofuel test flight with passengers aboard is scheduled to take place, and the first test flight in Europe. Dutch airline KLM has announced that "a
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7 Airlines That Really Need to Green up Their Act
No, we are not saying air travel is green. But some airlines are a lot greener than others. In fact, in this arena, the difference between 'eco savvy' and
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World's Airlines Pledge to Cut Emissions 50% by 2050
Aviation accounts for only 3% of carbon emissions from the global transport sector, but it's a number that's growing. Not to mention that those emissions often have a higher warming potential than ones emitted elsewhere.
