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September 10, 2009
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Each month ATW's Eco-Aviation Today brings you the latest environmental news and trends affecting the world’s airlines and tell you how the air transport industry is working to reduce its impact on the planet. Do you have friends or colleagues who might find this information useful? If so, please forward this newsletter along to them or click here to sign them up.
ETS environmental patchwork confounds airlines Confusion reigned as the Aug. 31 deadline for aircraft operators to submit their tonne-km. plans for the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme came and went amid growing concerns that operators could lose their free allowance allocations. [MORE] Uncertainty persists on airline impact on atmosphere, climate "Despite the progress made on modelling aviation's impacts on tropospheric chemistry, there remains a significant spread in model results, and while much progress has been made in the last ten years on characterizing emissions, major uncertainties remain over the nature of particles." This is the key finding of a new report, "Transport impacts on atmosphere and climate: Aviation," published in Atmospheric Environment. [MORE] Report casts doubt on green claims of new UK high-speed rail link A UK government-commissioned report questions the green credentials of high-speed rail by claiming that the proposed new 300-kph (185 mph) London-Manchester train could be less environmentally friendly than the same air route. According to the Daily Telegraph, the study by consultants Booz Allen Hamilton argues that building and operating the rail network will generate more CO2 than taking the same route by air over a 60-year period. [MORE] Green travel catches consumers' eyes, not wallets US travelers are more environmentally aware than they were just two years ago but few are willing to pay extra for eco-friendly travel, according to the July "travelhorizons," a quarterly consumer survey co-authored by the US Travel Assn. and Ypartnership, an advertising and public relations agency. [MORE] Airlines to use biodiesel for ground vehicles at LAX Rentech announced that it has signed a multiyear agreement to supply eight airlines with up to 1.5 million gal. per year of renewable biodiesel--RenDiesel--for ground service equipment operations at Los Angeles International beginning in late 2012 when the plant that will produce the fuel is scheduled to go into service. [MORE] US Navy to test biofuel for military aircraft Biofuels have gotten a major boost from the US Navy's announcement that it will test them in high-performance fighter aircraft. [MORE]
Other News American Airlines emitted 29.1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents Southwest Airlines has been acknowledged by EPA Naverus delivered a National Aerospace Assessment Japan Airlines won Conde Nast Traveler's World Savers Award Denver International is seeking approval Airports Council International-North America announced the winners [MORE] |
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