http://www.environmentalleader.com Environmental Leader Fri, 25 May 2012 17:41:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/how-regulation-profitability-and-sustainability-affect-aerospace-industry/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/how-regulation-profitability-and-sustainability-affect-aerospace-industry/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 10:35:09 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76187 Panel at the Global Aerospace Summit 2012 discuss how the environment, fuel prices and legislation impact the civil aviation industry. Moderator • Marion C. Blakey, Chair, International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries Associations (ICCAIA), President & CEO of Aerospace Industries Association of America (AIA) Panellists • Mary Ellen Jones, President., Engine Alliance • Ian Jopson, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/how-regulation-profitability-and-sustainability-affect-aerospace-industry/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/policy-enforcement-briefing-california-quebec-ets-energy-efficiency-canada-emissions-target/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/policy-enforcement-briefing-california-quebec-ets-energy-efficiency-canada-emissions-target/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 14:00:56 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76342 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 11 items. The California Air Resources Board released proposed regulations to link its cap-and-trade program to the carbon market in Quebec. The proposal, which has a 45-day public comment period, includes market security measures, guidelines for ensuring that [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/policy-enforcement-briefing-california-quebec-ets-energy-efficiency-canada-emissions-target/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/delta-airlines-buys-oil-refinery-to-control-fuel-prices/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/delta-airlines-buys-oil-refinery-to-control-fuel-prices/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 14:40:58 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75571 Delta Airlines has agreed to buy a refinery from oil giant ConocoPhillips in an effort to reduce its $300 million-a-year jet fuel bill. The airline announced Tuesday that its subsidiary Monroe Energy will buy a Phillips 66 refinery near Philadelphia for $150 million. Under the deal, the airline will receive $30 million in state funds [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/delta-airlines-buys-oil-refinery-to-control-fuel-prices/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/20/policy-enforcement-briefing-fracking-controls-china-aviation-plan-cvs-settlement/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/20/policy-enforcement-briefing-fracking-controls-china-aviation-plan-cvs-settlement/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:01:57 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74750 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 10 items. The Obama administration has set national standards to control air pollution from gas wells drilled using hydraulic fracturing, but with a delayed implementation to appease the oil and gas industry. The rule will require companies to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/20/policy-enforcement-briefing-fracking-controls-china-aviation-plan-cvs-settlement/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/16/boeing-737-max-to-improve-fuel-burn-up-to-12/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/16/boeing-737-max-to-improve-fuel-burn-up-to-12/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:35:09 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74279 Boeing has made a series of design updates to its 737 MAX engine variant that will make additional fuel savings available to customers by 2017, the company said. Airlines operating the 737 MAX will see a 10 percent to 12 percent fuel-burn improvement over the current technology in the most fuel efficient single-aisle airplanes, and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/16/boeing-737-max-to-improve-fuel-burn-up-to-12/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/13/policy-enforcement-briefing-eu-aviation-law-carbon-permits-ghg-targets-gulf-sheen/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/13/policy-enforcement-briefing-eu-aviation-law-carbon-permits-ghg-targets-gulf-sheen/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:10:08 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74180 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 11 items. India’s environment minister called the EU aviation law on carbon emissions a deal-breaker for global climate talks. and joined China in barring its carriers from participation. The European Commission president hinted that the EU could to drop [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/13/policy-enforcement-briefing-eu-aviation-law-carbon-permits-ghg-targets-gulf-sheen/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/29/united-american-other-airlines-drop-eu-carbon-trading-lawsuit-urge-u-s-to-act/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/29/united-american-other-airlines-drop-eu-carbon-trading-lawsuit-urge-u-s-to-act/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:29:54 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73034 American Airlines, United Continental and association Airlines for America have dropped their lawsuit challenging U.S. airlines’ inclusion in the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme, Reuters reports. Airlines for America, whose members include Delta, Southwest, US Airways, FedEx and UPS, as well as industry partners Airbus, Boeing, Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney, said that opposition to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/29/united-american-other-airlines-drop-eu-carbon-trading-lawsuit-urge-u-s-to-act/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/29/southwest-airlines-weight-loss-program/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/29/southwest-airlines-weight-loss-program/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:44:22 +0000 Nancy Schneider http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73047 In 2010, Southwest Airlines saved more than 570,000 gallons of fuel and reduced emissions by approximately 5,700 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent through the use of electric, rather than petroleum-powered GSE. The reductions and others were the result of a program entitled Evolve, the new Southwest interior, part of the bigger picture of corporate [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/29/southwest-airlines-weight-loss-program/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/28/all-nippon-group-sets-20-carbon-reduction-goal/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/28/all-nippon-group-sets-20-carbon-reduction-goal/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:05:43 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72948 ANA Group, Japan’s largest airline group, is aiming to cut its carbon emissions by 20 percent by 2020 compared with 2005 levels. Dubbed ANA Fly Eco 2020, the plan will see the introduction of more fuel efficient aircraft, use of biofuels in place of conventional aviation fuel and more fuel-efficient operating procedures., the group says. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/28/all-nippon-group-sets-20-carbon-reduction-goal/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/27/qantas-to-run-flights-on-converted-cooking-oil-biofuel-mix/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/27/qantas-to-run-flights-on-converted-cooking-oil-biofuel-mix/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:30:30 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72814 Qantas said it will operate Australia’s first commercial flights powered by a blend of converted cooking oil and conventional jet fuel starting April 13, on a Sydney-Adelaide return service operated by an Airbus A330. The aircraft – which can carry about 300 passengers – will use the 50-50 mix in one of its two engines. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/27/qantas-to-run-flights-on-converted-cooking-oil-biofuel-mix/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/26/policy-enforcement-briefing-eu-ets-risks-hormuz-blockade-impact-uk-solar-tariffs/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/26/policy-enforcement-briefing-eu-ets-risks-hormuz-blockade-impact-uk-solar-tariffs/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:28:00 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72675 Energy analysts say that the risk of the aviation sector exiting the EU cap-and-trade scheme is being priced into the market, and the impact could affect carbon prices by 2 euros or more. The carbon market is already oversupplied with hundreds of millions of permits and hindered by lower demand. Benchmark EU carbon prices have [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/26/policy-enforcement-briefing-eu-ets-risks-hormuz-blockade-impact-uk-solar-tariffs/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/23/policy-enforcement-briefing-air-standards-supreme-court-ruling-eu-ets-chevron-keystone-fast-track/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/23/policy-enforcement-briefing-air-standards-supreme-court-ruling-eu-ets-chevron-keystone-fast-track/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:49:12 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72556 The EPA is retaining the existing secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for NOx and SOx. The agency said that though the standards do not provide adequate protection from harmful deposition-related effects on plants, soil, water and wildlife, levels of NOx and SOx in the air have fallen by more than 50 percent and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/23/policy-enforcement-briefing-air-standards-supreme-court-ruling-eu-ets-chevron-keystone-fast-track/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/21/renewables-briefing-sainsbury%e2%80%99s-6-9mw-solar-pv-rgs-energy-capital-wells-fargo-navy-biojet-fuel/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/21/renewables-briefing-sainsbury%e2%80%99s-6-9mw-solar-pv-rgs-energy-capital-wells-fargo-navy-biojet-fuel/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:50:58 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72278 British supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has installed 6.9 MW solar PV systems on store rooftops in the south of England. The series of 115 projects, completed by Renewable Resources, uses 50 to 150 kW systems. No alterations to the buildings were required to facilitate the installations. Renewable Resources installed a typical 50 kW system in less [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/21/renewables-briefing-sainsbury%e2%80%99s-6-9mw-solar-pv-rgs-energy-capital-wells-fargo-navy-biojet-fuel/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/12/airbus-could-lose-chinese-business-due-to-european-carbon-rules/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/12/airbus-could-lose-chinese-business-due-to-european-carbon-rules/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 06:31:24 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=71608 Airbus’ parent company has warned that it stands to lose Chinese business if the European Commission ignores protests from airlines about its European emissions trading scheme, Fox Business reports. Louis Gallois, the chief executive of Airbus parent company European Aeronautic Defence & Space (EADS) told a conference call to analysts on Thursday that the Chinese [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/12/airbus-could-lose-chinese-business-due-to-european-carbon-rules/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/24/policy-enforcement-briefing-all-of-the-above-energy-deepwater-horizon-calif-safer-consumer-products-regs/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/24/policy-enforcement-briefing-all-of-the-above-energy-deepwater-horizon-calif-safer-consumer-products-regs/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:08:36 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=70580 At the University of Miami, President Obama gave his first remarks on rising gasoline prices, saying that the U.S. is producing more oil now than at any time during the last eight years. But Obama said a three-point plan – drill, drill, and keep drilling – would not lead to lower gas prices because levels of domestic [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/24/policy-enforcement-briefing-all-of-the-above-energy-deepwater-horizon-calif-safer-consumer-products-regs/feed/ 1