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January 15, 2010
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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.
Algae success in a land down under Australian scientists are claiming that they are achieving the world's best production rates of oil from algae grown in open saline ponds, taking them a step closer to creating commercial quantities of biofuel. [MORE] IATA claims Copenhagen victory IATA welcomed the Copenhagen Accord reached at the UN COP/15 climate summit in December as "an important step in the right direction" and said the fact that aviation emissions were not addressed specifically was "a reflection of the proactive measures the industry has taken to set challenging targets for itself, together with an aggressive strategy to achieve them." [MORE]
Branson, Fyfe cite lack of leadership on environment While IATA welcomed the results of the Copenhagen summit, key airline leaders separately expressed concerns that the lack of consensus from political leaders at the conference means that the airline industry is entering a period of confusion, inefficiency and risk mitigation. [MORE] Companies announce plans to develop, produce camelina-based biojet BioJet Corp. and Great Plains Oil & Exploration announced a teaming agreement with the goal of producing renewable jet fuels based on camelina. The landmark agreement will see the development of integrated camelina cultivation and associated refinery projects in the US, Europe, South America and Asia. [MORE] US carriers challenge legality of EU ETS US Air Transport Assn. American Airlines, Continental Airlines and United Airlines initiated a legal challenge in the UK High Court of Justice against aviation's inclusion in the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme, arguing that it violated the Chicago Convention, the Kyoto Protocol, the US-EU open skies agreement and is "contrary to the customary international law principle that each state has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territory." [MORE] Other News Airports Council International DG Angela Gittens called for renewed engagement Qatar Airways, Qatar Science & Technology Park and Qatar Petroleum announced that they jointly will carry out engineering and economic analysis UK-based Lux Research said that bio-based fuels will not be a serious threat [MORE] |
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