http://www.environmentalleader.com Environmental Leader Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:49:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/55-airports-now-in-emissions-reduction-program/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/55-airports-now-in-emissions-reduction-program/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:14:58 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69282 Some 55 major European airports are now part of a program aimed at cutting carbon emissions, trade organization Airports Council International has announced. Airports now part of Airport Carbon Accreditation – including London’s Gatwick and Heathrow and both Paris airports – together account for half of all European passenger traffic, The Washington Post reports. The [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/55-airports-now-in-emissions-reduction-program/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/18/southwest-airlines-interior-to-cut-635lb-per-plane/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/18/southwest-airlines-interior-to-cut-635lb-per-plane/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:05:52 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68508 Southwest Airlines has unveiled a redesigned cabin that it says reduces aircraft weight while cutting waste. The cabin’s seats achieve weight savings of nearly six pounds each, for a total of 635 pounds per aircraft, but are also more durable than their predecessors, Southwest says. These changes should result in over $10 million in annual [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/18/southwest-airlines-interior-to-cut-635lb-per-plane/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/18/airlines-snap-up-bargain-carbon-permits-rail-at-looney-tax/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/18/airlines-snap-up-bargain-carbon-permits-rail-at-looney-tax/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:35:05 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68523 Air France-KLM and Lufthansa are preparing for inclusion in the EU’s carbon trading scheme by buying allowances at low prices, while Ryanair has declared the program “eco-looney” and levied a 25 cent per passenger fee. All airlines departing from or landing into EU airports were brought into the Emissions Trading System on January 1 of [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/18/airlines-snap-up-bargain-carbon-permits-rail-at-looney-tax/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/10/lufthansa-to-end-biofuel-trials/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/10/lufthansa-to-end-biofuel-trials/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:20:29 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68094 Lufhansa is ending trials using biofuels to power flights, because it can’t find reliable supplies, Reuters reports. The final flight in the trial program will see a Boeing 747-400 fly from Frankfurt, Germany, to Washington, D.C., on 12 January 2012. It will be the company’s first biofuel-powered transatlantic flight. But Reuters reported that the company [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/10/lufthansa-to-end-biofuel-trials/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/04/lufthansa-customers-to-pay-for-ets/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/04/lufthansa-customers-to-pay-for-ets/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:58:37 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67751 German airline Lufthansa will pass the extra cost that the European Union’s emissions trading system will add to its operation onto customers’ ticket prices, it has announced. Lufthansa anticipates total additional charges of €130 million ($170 million) in 2012 as a result of the tariffs and says the ETS distorts international competition and undermines the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/04/lufthansa-customers-to-pay-for-ets/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/28/policy-enforcement-briefing-rfs2-2012-keystone-xl-solarworld-aviation-carbon-tax/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/28/policy-enforcement-briefing-rfs2-2012-keystone-xl-solarworld-aviation-carbon-tax/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:04:39 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67558 The EPA finalized the Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS2) 2012 percentage standards for four fuel categories as part of the annual renewable fuel volume targets intended to achieve an overall level of 36 billion gallons in 2022. The 2012 overall volumes and standards are: biomass-based diesel (1.0 billion gallons; 0.91 percent); advanced biofuels (2.0 billion [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/28/policy-enforcement-briefing-rfs2-2012-keystone-xl-solarworld-aviation-carbon-tax/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/22/eu-air-directive-upheld/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/22/eu-air-directive-upheld/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:00:32 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67415 United/Continental Airlines and American Airlines have failed in an attempt to block a European Union law charging airlines flying to the continent for their carbon pollution. The airlines and their trade association, Air Transport Association of America – now known as Airlines for America – had challenged the legality of the EU’s Aviation Directive in [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/22/eu-air-directive-upheld/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/21/csr-standards-higher-at-companies-than-suppliers/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/21/csr-standards-higher-at-companies-than-suppliers/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:01:02 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67257 Corporations set higher social responsibility standards for themselves than for their travel suppliers, according to a survey by business travel payment and data management firm AirPlus International. Some 55.4 percent of surveyed businesses implement green initiatives but just 41.7 percent of those businesses expected such programs from their travel suppliers, according to CSR Initiatives Through [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/21/csr-standards-higher-at-companies-than-suppliers/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/15/airline-sustainability-reports-need-improvement-pwc-says/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/15/airline-sustainability-reports-need-improvement-pwc-says/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:48:01 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=65219 Southwest Airlines, UPS, Delta, Air France KLM, Iberia, LAN Airlines and Lufthansa produced the best sustainability reports by airlines last year, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers analysis. Building Trust in the Air (pdf) rated all seven reports as “good,” meaning they scored 61 to 80 percent of possible points. No reports were “excellent,” which PwC defined [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/15/airline-sustainability-reports-need-improvement-pwc-says/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/15/standards-compliance-briefing-green-construction-code-wm-certifications-leed-airports/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/15/standards-compliance-briefing-green-construction-code-wm-certifications-leed-airports/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:37:57 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=65250 The provisions in the new 2012 International Green Construction Code were completed during a final hearing at the International Code Council’s meeting in Phoenix, Ariz. The new code will be available Spring 2012 and can be viewed here. The EPA and Natural Resources Canada announced an agreement that will create a harmonized platform for measuring [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/15/standards-compliance-briefing-green-construction-code-wm-certifications-leed-airports/feed/ 0