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Welcome to the Mile-High Club Virgin Airlines flies first biofuel-powered plane, enviros unimpressed		25 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 1:12 PM on 25 Feb 2008 Like a virgin, the world's first biofuel-powered plane flew for the very first time from London to Amsterdam on Sunday. (Well, it was a little bit biofueled: One of the plane's four main tanks was filled 20 percent with coconut and babassu palm nut oil.) Virgin mogul Richard Branson celebrated his conquest, and deflected concerns about biofuels' bad rep by pointi ...
Topics: air travel, biofuels, energy, news, Richard Branson (all these topics)

Kiwis say jets are 10 percent of NZ's climate impact, not 2-3 percent Tourism and carbon neutrality	JMG	07 Jan 2008	Gristmill
This story is critical -- another datum showing that the global jet travel binge is both global suicide and homicide all at once, complete with pre-flight thuggery from the TSA* and a side dish of helping-promote-coal-to-liquids on the side (there was another story today about the U.S. (Ch)Air Force's new plan for dealing with peak oil: burn liquified coal / natural gas mixtures).
Topics: air travel, carbon neutral, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, New Zealand, travel (all these topics)

End It, Beckham David Beckham has world's biggest carbon footprint, says group		03 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 10:22 AM on 03 Jan 2008 David Beckham. Photo: Robert Mora/WireImage The member of the human race with the biggest carbon footprint is (drumroll please ...) soccer football golden boy David Beckham, according to green group Carbon Trust. The hottest star in the Galaxy and wife Victoria-but-please-call-me-Posh have won the dubious honor for the second time. The duo have 15 gas guzzlers; Becks' flights in the l ...
Topics: air travel, celebrity, ecological footprint, green living, news (all these topics)

Big Ol' Jet Air Whiner Plan to regulate airline emissions moves forward in E.U.		21 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 4:26 PM on 21 Dec 2007 A proposed law that would regulate emissions from airlines taking off from or landing in the European Union has been approved by environment ministers. The bill to include airlines in the E.U.'s carbon-trading scheme was scaled back from the version passed by the E.U. Parliament last month, aiming to start in 2012 instead of 2011 and making airlines buy only 10 percent of their carbo ...
Topics: air travel, business, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, European Union, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, news, politics (all these topics)

The answer depends on whom you ask How much global warming results from air travel?	Clark Williams-Derry	18 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Over the past few days, I've been trying to pull together some data on how airplane travel affects global warming, as part of a broader project on transportation and climate change. My stunningly obvious conclusion: it's complicated. Worse, different calculation methods yield wildly different results. Take, for instance, this brilliant chart (below) from the Stockholm Environment Institute, comparing many of the major online emissions calculators. Emis ...
Topics: energy, climate, air travel, travel, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Air Pressure States petition U.S. EPA to regulate airline emissions		05 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 12:48 PM on 05 Dec 2007 The U.S. EPA should regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from aircraft going in and out of U.S. airports, say five states that filed a petition today. "The EPA has abdicated its responsibility in this area for years, and it won't do its job until it's legally required to do so," says California Attorney General Jerry Brown, who joined with Connecticut, New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania ...
Topics: air travel, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, US EPA (all these topics)

Jet vs. Vette On planes and cars	Umbra Fisk	17 Oct 2007	Ask Umbra
Hi Umbra, Which is less harmful to the environment when traveling long distances, flying or driving? A jet puts out a lot of exhaust, but since it carries a lot of people, maybe it's less than having everyone drive themselves? Craig Denver, Colo. Dearest Craig, Jeepers it was fun to find out the answer to this question for you -- the Math Whiz has joined me in the basement, and we are dorking out on carbon emissions on your behalf. Here ...
Topics: advice, air travel, Ask Umbra, cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, travel (all these topics)

Just the Ticket Paper airline tickets soon to go extinct		29 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Just the Ticket Paper airline tickets soon to go extinct By the beginning of next summer, paper airline tickets will be a thing of the past for its airlines, the International Air Transport Association announced this week. The relevant stats: The IATA represents more than 240 airlines, which together operate 94 percent of international flights; 84 percent of its travelers already fly without paper tickets; and cha ...
Topics: air travel, business, green living, news (all these topics)

Walking our talk Janisse Ray says that greens need to 'be the change' in moving toward sustainability	Erik Hoffner	24 Aug 2007	Gristmill
The wonderful southern environmental writer Janisse Ray (Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, and others) has a new piece in Orion magazine of interest to Gristmillers, called 'Altar Call for True Believers,' where she wonders why even the so-called choir seems to be failing at making great strides toward sustainability. It starts out with this startling vignette about greens and air travel: If I ever preached to the choir, this luncheon was it. The sixty people in the ro ...
Topics: air travel, environmental movement (all these topics)

Brit greenhouse-gas factories, now with extra fascism	JMG	29 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Nice.
Topics: air travel, climate, litigation, United Kingdom (all these topics)

To the last glacier A mountaineer calls mountaineers climate criminals	JMG	24 Jul 2007	Gristmill
David Crosby and Graham Nash's haunting and hypnotic introduction, "To the Last Whale," before the song "Wind on the Water," is the kind of work that we need more of. What we really need is someone to write a song "To the Last Glacier" quick, so that more people wake up to the truth that this guy has beamed onto: flying on jets because you love some great natural wonder is like f*cking because you love virginity. Great article.
Topics: air travel, ecological footprint, green living, travel (all these topics)

Why can't Detroit take the same approach? Boeing's new Dreamliner plane boasts increased fuel efficiency	Christina Larson	16 Jul 2007	Gristmill
A few years ago, Boeing was struggling. Sales were slipping, financial forecasts grim. Meanwhile Airbus, a foreign competitor, passed the former champ in total sales. Now the tables are turned. There are several reasons for the stellar advance sales of Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner, but I can't help but point out one: After years of research into lightweight carbon-fiber, which now replaces heavier aluminum for the jet's fuselage and wings, the Dreamliner can sail ...
Topics: air travel, business, energy, fuel efficiency (all these topics)

Sure it's 100 in the shade, but man, nice plane! While planet burns, Boeing scores a PR victory	JMG	10 Jul 2007	Gristmill
At the gym, in between hearing an EMT talk about the heat stroke issues he expects tomorrow, I marveled at how awful news programs were today, devoting huge chunks of time to talking up Boeing's new 'Dreamliner' jet, which the blow-drieds say will consume 20 percent less fuel per mile. I even heard one blow say 'eventually reducing the cost of air travel.' Man, talk about delusional. (Oh, and I know I'm not supposed to connect things like our craze for jet travel and high ...
Topics: air travel, climate, ecological footprint, green living, music, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

Jet-propelled greenwashing We had to destroy the village to make it a global village	JMG	05 Jun 2007	Gristmill
The job of the PR industry: comforting the comfortable, afflicting the afflicted. Now on to protecting the feelings of the poor maligned air travel industry: As part of the makeover, there's a short in-flight video, titled 'Flying's a Wonderful Thing,' that has been produced to ease consumer guilt over plane travel, and brochures have been printed. 'Air transport made the global village a reality,' one pamphlet says.
Topics: air travel, green living, lying liars, travel (all these topics)

More from the 'I got mine' school of environmentalism Visit exotic travel spots before we obliterate them!	Kate Sheppard	04 Jun 2007	Gristmill
How's this for backwards messaging? A Forbes article posted late last week on MSNBC urges tourists to 'See these travel spots - before it's too late!', referring to the world's most endangered tourist destinations. These are exotic spots threatened by over-tourism, deforestation, and global warming, and as the article says, if they're on your destination list, they may be gone before you can book your flight. So wait a minute. The problem in some of these places ...
Topics: air travel, green living, travel (all these topics)

Brakes on a Plane Flight ads should carry health warnings, says U.K. group		06 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Brakes on a Plane Flight ads should carry health warnings, says U.K. group Advertisements for flights should include a health warning, tobacco-style, to remind people of their contribution to climate change, a U.K. think tank said this week. (So creative, those Brits!) "The evidence that aviation damages the atmosphere is just as clear as t ...
Topics: advertising, air travel, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Brit's Eye View: What should greens do about air travel? When is it necessary, and what are the alternatives?	Peter Madden	21 Feb 2007	Gristmill
Peter Madden, chief executive of Forum for the Future, writes a monthly column for Gristmill on sustainability in the U.K. and Europe. The Bishop of London recently proclaimed that flying on holiday is a sin, a view that seems increasingly to be shared by greens in the U.K. Our environment minister, David Miliband, castigated Prince Charles for flying to America to receive an award, suggesting that he should have collected it via video-link. Mayer Hillman, author ...
Topics: air travel, carbon offsets, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, travel, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Fly swatter Or, how to stick a lot of information in a very short post	Sarah K. Burkhalter	21 Dec 2006	Gristmill
Following up on this airline news, Planet Ark reports: The European Union's executive arm approved plans on Wednesday to include aviation in its emissions trading system, giving international flights in and out of the EU a one-year reprieve before they have to join.Intra-EU flights will join the scheme, aimed at cutting global air pollution, in 2011. Flights into and out of the bloc will be included the following year, giving non-EU carriers time to prepare an ...
Topics: air travel, carbon trading, greenhouse-gas emissions, travel (all these topics)

Trash talking the airline industry A little holiday guilt for ya	Kate Sheppard	20 Dec 2006	Gristmill
Just in time for your holiday flight back to whence you came, a little news about the environmental effects of your holiday airline travel that will make you feel almost as guilty as your relatives will. Much like your family tree (OK, maybe just mine), your trip will inevitably generate trash. Airlines throw away tons and tons of cans, bottles, and paper each year, according to a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council. In one year, they dispose of enou ...
Topics: air travel, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, travel, waste (all these topics)

Guilt fly association British Airways eases passengers' minds	Katharine Wroth	16 Sep 2005	Gristmill
If you're flying British Airways anytime soon (say, to see the London Design Show), check out this news: the airline is now charging an optional fee for passengers to offset the impacts of travel. The surcharges (the amount varies depending on the trip's length) will be donated to Climate Care, an Oxford-based company that cancels out carbon with partners ranging from a bank to a yoga center. Is British Air's move a step in the right direction or, as one critic put ...
Topics: air travel, carbon offsets, travel (all these topics)

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