Gander International to become North America's first carbon neutral airport
Thu 28 Aug 2008 - Canada's Gander International Airport Authority (GIAA) and its tenant companies have started implementing a comprehensive carbon emissions reduction programme that involves a number of infrastructure and employee initiatives. The remaining emissions are being offset through the CarbonNeutral Company and will be used to fund green energy projects in Europe and Asia. Read more ...
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Denver International unveils a public-private partnership funded two megawatt solar energy system
Thu 28 Aug 2008 - A two megawatt solar energy system situated on a 7.5 acre (3ha) site just south of the Jeppesen Terminal at Denver International Airport has been dedicated by the city's mayor, the airport's aviation manager and four private companies involved with the project. The system will generate over three million kilowatt hours of electricity per year and enable the airport to reduce its annual carbon emissions by an estimated five million pounds (2,268 tonnes). Read more ...
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Air New Zealand and JAL to trial trans-Pacific flight planning initiatives to reduce fuel and emissions
Wed 27 Aug 2008 - Air New Zealand and Japan's JAL Group have announced they will be trialling separate initiatives that enable more efficient routing of aircraft across the Pacific, saving fuel and therefore emissions. JAL started trials of the User Preferred Route system two weeks ago on flights between Japan and Hawaii, and Air New Zealand will conduct a test flight between Auckland and San Francisco on September 12 as part of the ASPIRE initiative. Meanwhile, Air New Zealand says its biofuel test flight is on course to take place before the end of the year. Read more ...
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Environment leaders warn UK Government over air pollution breaches if Heathrow expansion proceeds
Tue 26 Aug 2008 - According to a report in the Guardian newspaper, Stavros Dimas, the European Commissioner for the environment, says EU targets on air pollution limits will be "significantly" breached if plans to add additional capacity at London's Heathrow Airport get the go-ahead. Lord Smith, the new head of the UK's Environment Agency, has added his concerns in an interview with The Independent, saying the building of a third runway would be a "mistake" because of the increase in pollution and aircraft noise. Read more ...
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IATA chief urges Australia to challenge Europe over the inclusion of aviation into the EU ETS
Fri 22 Aug 2008 - Speaking to the Australian National Aviation Press Club in Sydney on Wednesday, Giovanni Bisignani, Director General and CEO of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), said Australia had a responsibility to challenge Europe's "unilateral and illegal" move to bring aviation into its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). He also called on the Australian government to reassess the "blunt" approach of its own domestic ETS proposals, in particular the plan to auction permits. Read more ...
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UK says it will not earmark aviation revenues from EU ETS auctioning for environmental measures
Thu 14 Aug 2008 - At a recent closed meeting, officials from the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the UK Department of Transport told aviation representatives that the UK will not agree to ring-fencing revenues raised from airlines through the auctioning of EU ETS allowances for environmental purposes such as clean aircraft research. This flies in the face of an important provision in last month’s agreement between the European Parliament and the EU Council. Read more ...
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ACI North America announces the winners of its 2008 Environmental Achievement Awards
Thu 14 Aug 2008 - Boston Logan International, Seattle-Tacoma International and Minneapolis-St Paul International airports have each won an Airports Council International - North America (ACI-NA) Environmental Achievement Award for 2008. The awards are given for projects based on environmental benefits, innovation, effective implementation, widespread applicability and cost-effectiveness. Read more ...
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