Aviation
Airlines Snap Up Bargain Carbon Permits, Rail at 'Looney Tax'
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 ...
Lufthansa to End Biofuel Trials, Blaming Low Supplies
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 ...
Lufthansa Customers to Pay for ETS
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....
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: RFS2 2012, Keystone XL, SolarWorld, Aviation Carbon Tax
The EPA finalized the Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS2) 2012 percentage standards for four fuel categories as part of the annual renewable fuel volume ...
EU Aviation Directive Challenge Quashed
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 ...
CSR Standards Higher at Companies than Suppliers
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 ...
Airline Sustainability Reports Need Improvement, PwC Says
Southwest Airlines, UPS, Delta, Air France KLM, Iberia, LAN Airlines and Lufthansa produced the best sustainability reports by airlines last year, according to a ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Construction Code, WM Certifications, LEED Airports
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 ...
United Launching Biofuel Flight Today, with Alaska on Its Heels
United Airlines and Alaska Airlines are both launching commercial flights powered by biofuel this week.
United, the world's largest airline, will use algae-based ...
Virgin Atlantic’s Low Carbon Aviation Fuel
Sir Richard Branson on Virgin Atlantic's development of a world-first low ...
Virgin to Fly Planes on Waste Gas by 2014
Virgin Atlantic Airways plans to fly commercial routes, by 2014, with a waste gas-based fuel that the company says has half the carbon ...
Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Cut Fuel 20%
Boeing has delivered its first 787 Dreamliner aircraft, which the company says uses 20 percent less fuel than similarly sized planes.
Boeing describes the ...
EA6B Prowler Flies on Biofuel
An EA-6B Prowler successfully completed its inaugural biofuel flight , continuing ...
EU ETS to Cost Airlines $1.5bn in 2012; BA Hit Hardest
The cost for airlines of joining the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme in 2012 will be approximately €1.1 billion ($1.5 billion) using a carbon price of ...
DIA Execs Discuss Sustainability
Denver Green Streets interview with Woods Allee, director of project controls and energy management, and Norm Higley, director of environmental programs, ...
Tallahassee Airport Tarmac Resurfacing Targets Sustainability
This video was produced by WCOT to highlight the sustainability practices that the Tallahassee airport employed to re-surface their tarmac.
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Boosting Business, Oregon’s New Energy Code, LCRA
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and 25 partners from the standardization community have launched Standards Boost Business, an awareness campaign that calls on corporate America to invest in the standardization system and gain ...
UPS, FedEx Report Efficiency Gains
UPS and FedEx have released sustainability reports within days of each other, with UPS showing a 3.3 percent reduction in fuel consumed per ...
DHL Launches ‘Carbon Dashboard’ Emissions Tracker
DHL Global Forwarding has launched the GoGreen Carbon Dashboard, a service for its freight customers to track carbon emissions in their supply chain.
The ...
Michael Würth Discusses Munich Airport’s Sustainability Efforts
Michael Würth, Vice President Environment Protection and Management, Sustainability, Munich Airport, Germany discusses Munich Airport and sustainability, suggesting that the money ...
