Sentences with phrase «about aircraft emissions»
Every time I read about aircraft emissions adding to the CO2 in the atmosphere I never see any reference to the contrails which reflected sunlight.
http://www.realclimate.org/ Not exact matches
Most observers expect the EPA to say that aviation emissions endanger public health but are not sure how much the agency and the Federal Aviation Authority will reveal about their vision for a carbon dioxide emissions standard for new aircraft.
By TARA PATEL Aerospace manufacturers are pressing ahead with their plans to develop the next generation of supersonic jetliners despite renewed uncertainty about the environmental impact of exhaust emissions that could ground the high - speed aircraft.
About 15 per cent of emissions from all civil flights come from these aircraft, and at least half their emissions issue straight into the stratosphere.
Most studies so far have focused on how aviation may affect global warming (aircraft comprise about 2 percent of global greenhouse - gas emissions), not vice versa.
Aircraft engine emissions are roughly composed of about 70 percent CO2, a little less than 30 percent H2O, and less than 1 percent each of NOx, CO, SOx, VOC, particulates, and other trace components.
Once the EPA has determined that aircraft emissions are a problem, it will be required to do something about it, by crafting and adopting emissions standards for aircraft.
Globally, aircraft - related emissions are projected to rise at an alarming rate: about 3 to 4 percent annually, meaning they could quadruple by midcentury.
In a conversation about EU policy on restricting CO2 emissions from aircraft, on BBC Radio 4's Today program, this morning, Caroline Lucas, Green MEP for the Southeast region said
California - based Virgin America (which is an entirely separate company than Virgin Atlantic, by the way...) has announced that it has become the first US airline to join The Climate Registry, committing to report all of its greenhouse gas emissions: Young Fleet Helps Lower Emissions Founded in 2007, Virgin Atlantic touts its fuel saving measures: It operates a very young fleet of aircraft (Airbus A320s) which on a fleet - wide basis means that Virgin America emits about 25 % fewer emissions than other domestic carriers on the routes emissions: Young Fleet Helps Lower Emissions Founded in 2007, Virgin Atlantic touts its fuel saving measures: It operates a very young fleet of aircraft (Airbus A320s) which on a fleet - wide basis means that Virgin America emits about 25 % fewer emissions than other domestic carriers on the routes Emissions Founded in 2007, Virgin Atlantic touts its fuel saving measures: It operates a very young fleet of aircraft (Airbus A320s) which on a fleet - wide basis means that Virgin America emits about 25 % fewer emissions than other domestic carriers on the routes emissions than other domestic carriers on the routes it flies.
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