Aviation

EL Pro Airlines Snap Up Bargain Carbon Permits, Rail at 'Looney Tax'

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 ...

January 18, 2012

EL Pro Lufthansa to End Biofuel Trials, Blaming Low Supplies

Lufthansa to End Biofuel Trials, Blaming Low SuppliesLufhansa 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 ...

January 10, 2012

Lufthansa Customers to Pay for ETS

Lufthansa Customers to Pay for ETSGerman 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....

January 4, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: RFS2 2012, Keystone XL, SolarWorld, Aviation Carbon Tax

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: RFS2 2012, Keystone XL, SolarWorld, Aviation Carbon TaxThe EPA finalized the Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS2) 2012 percentage standards for four fuel categories as part of the annual renewable fuel volume ...

December 28, 2011

EU Aviation Directive Challenge Quashed

EU Aviation Directive Challenge QuashedUnited/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 ...

December 22, 2011

CSR Standards Higher at Companies than Suppliers

CSR Standards Higher at Companies than SuppliersCorporations set higher social responsibility standards for themselves than for their travel suppliers, according to a survey by business travel payment and data management firm ...

December 21, 2011

Airline Sustainability Reports Need Improvement, PwC Says

Airline Sustainability Reports Need Improvement, PwC SaysSouthwest Airlines, UPS, Delta, Air France KLM, Iberia, LAN Airlines and Lufthansa produced the best sustainability reports by airlines last year, according to a ...

November 15, 2011

EL Pro Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Construction Code, WM Certifications, LEED Airports

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 ...

November 15, 2011

United Launching Biofuel Flight Today, with Alaska on Its Heels

United Launching Biofuel Flight Today, with Alaska on Its HeelsUnited Airlines and Alaska Airlines are both launching commercial flights powered by biofuel this week. United, the world's largest airline, will use algae-based ...

November 7, 2011

Virgin Atlantic’s Low Carbon Aviation Fuel

Virgin Atlantic’s Low Carbon Aviation Fuel Sir Richard Branson on Virgin Atlantic's development of a world-first low ...

October 20, 2011

Virgin to Fly Planes on Waste Gas by 2014

Virgin to Fly Planes on Waste Gas by 2014Virgin Atlantic Airways plans to fly commercial routes, by 2014, with a waste gas-based fuel that the company says has half the carbon ...

October 11, 2011

Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Cut Fuel 20%

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 ...

September 27, 2011

EA6B Prowler Flies on Biofuel

EA6B Prowler Flies on Biofuel An EA-6B Prowler successfully completed its inaugural biofuel flight , continuing ...

September 23, 2011

EU ETS to Cost Airlines $1.5bn in 2012; BA Hit Hardest

EU ETS to Cost Airlines $1.5bn in 2012; BA Hit HardestThe 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 ...

September 20, 2011

DIA Execs Discuss Sustainability

DIA Execs Discuss SustainabilityDenver Green Streets interview with Woods Allee, director of project controls and energy management, and Norm Higley, director of environmental programs, ...

September 9, 2011

Tallahassee Airport Tarmac Resurfacing Targets Sustainability

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.

August 25, 2011

EL Pro Compliance & Standards Briefing: Boosting Business, Oregon’s New Energy Code, LCRA

Compliance & Standards Briefing: Boosting Business,  Oregon’s New Energy Code, LCRAThe 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 ...

August 2, 2011

EL Pro UPS, FedEx Report Efficiency Gains

UPS, FedEx Report Efficiency GainsUPS and FedEx have released sustainability reports within days of each other, with UPS showing a 3.3 percent reduction in fuel consumed per ...

July 29, 2011

DHL Launches ‘Carbon Dashboard’ Emissions Tracker

DHL Launches ‘Carbon Dashboard’ Emissions TrackerDHL Global Forwarding has launched the GoGreen Carbon Dashboard, a service for its freight customers to track carbon emissions in their supply chain. The ...

July 29, 2011

Michael Würth Discusses Munich Airport’s Sustainability Efforts

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 ...

July 27, 2011