Sentences with phrase «aircraft emissions on»

Politicians in Europe are already pushing for taxes and emissions limits on the commercial airline industry but, researchers explain, a more precise understanding of the effects of aircraft emissions on the atmosphere are necessary if such plans are to be effective.

(Sec. 753) Requires the EPA Administrator and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to study and report to Congress on: (1) the impact of aircraft emissions on air quality in nonattainment areas; (2) ways to promote fuel conservation measures for aviation; and (3) opportunities to reduce air traffic inefficiencies that increase fuel burn and emissions.

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«The U.K.'s airspace was designed decades ago and doesn't allow us to take advantage of the technology on board modern aircraft that would raise capacity, and also reduce emissions and noise for communities on the ground.»

It also found that if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, aircraft fuel capacities and payload weights will need to be reduced on the hottest days for some planes.

The Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) recently approved a preliminary standard governing the emission of particulates by aircraft engines.

Beyond Kerosene The amount of emissions from aircraft compared with other vehicles is relatively small — roughly 3 percent of total worldwide greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel burning, according to the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)-- nonetheless it has a major impact on the climate.

This eliminates the padding between aircraft — which could save on fuel costs, reduce emissions and bump up the number of flights that arrive on time.

«The endangerment finding is key because it obligates the EPA to take regulatory action to cut carbon dioxide emissions from aircraft — it triggers a legal mandate,» said Drew Kodjak, executive director of the International Council on Clean Transportation.

But future aircraft designs routinely flying during the 2030's may look very different from today's airliners in order to deliver on the promises of reduced fuel burn, noise and emissions.

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.

The authors estimate that if globe - warming emission continue unabated, fuel capacities and payload weights will have to be reduced by as much as 4 percent on the hottest days for some aircraft.

WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters)- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said greenhouse gases from aircraft endanger human health, taking the first step toward regulating emissions from the domestic aviation industry.

He has now updated his research using data from previous studies that relied on satellite and aircraft measurements of emissions above oil and gas fields.

Although much of the focus has been on noise, aircraft emissions have become a topic of concern, as well.

Changes in a variety of other factors such as operating procedures, aircraft routing, and load factors can also have significant impacts on greenhouse gas emissions per passenger mile.

Airlines Cut Flights and Planes to Save Fuel Airlines Save Gas By Slowing Down, Just Like Drivers Efficient Modern Turboprop Aircraft Are Making a Comeback Perhaps Flying Turboprop Isn't Dying Turboprops Get Ecolabel More on Alternatives to Flying Seat 61: Get There Without Flying Eurostar to Cut Emissions 25 % and Offset the Rest Spain's New High - Speed Rail Challenging the Airlines High - Speed Rail Comes to the Americas CA High - Speed Rail Initiative: «If We Don't Pass This, We Will Never Have High - Speed Trains in the US»

Emissions will be 3,600 fewer tons of CO2 per aircraft on an annual basis.

It is therefore highly relevant to consider the current and possible future effects of aircraft engine emissions on the atmosphere.

Long and Iles (1997) point to the US Department of Transportation's Climatic Impact Assessment Program (aimed not at the greenhouse effect but aircraft emissions) for producing, in 1975, «the first assessment to focus on social and economic measures,» (p. 6) and the 1989 US Environmental Protection Agency study as «the first extensive appearance of an economic analysis of impacts.»

Many scientists believe for a variety of reasons, that the GHG emissions created in the upper atmosphere, such as from aircraft, are worse than GHG's emitted on the ground level.

After the SAR was published, a number of technical papers and special reports have been prepared on the impact of aircraft, land use, technology, and changing emission levels on global warming.

ICAO's activities in the environment field are primarily focused on those problems that benefit most from a common co-ordinated approach, on a worldwide basis, namely aircraft noise and emissions.

Most scientific studies track methane in one of two ways: either by measuring the gas in the atmosphere with instruments placed on tall towers or flown on aircraft, or by analyzing emissions directly at the source, such as at oil and gas wells.

The EPA could finally act on petitions pending from the Bush administration to set GHG emission standards for marine vessels, aircraft, and non-road vehicles.

ICAO is certainly on the right path, as it recognized emissions as an issue in the aircraft industry and acted to implement positive change.

Potential GHG emissions reductions from efficiency improvements on new vehicle designs in 2030 compared with today range from 40 — 70 % for LDVs, 30 — 50 % for HDVs, up to 50 % for aircraft, and for new ships when combining technology and operational measures, up to 60 %.

The Development of Regional and Gridded ($ 5 ^ \ circ \ times 5 ^ \ circ $) Emissions Scenarios for Aircraft and for Surface Sources, Based on CPB Scenarios and Existing Emission Inventories for Aircraft and Surface Sources.

Nicola Stuber, first author of the study, to be published in tomorrow's edition of the journal Nature, suggests that contrails» overall impact on climate change is similar in scope to that of aircrafts» carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions over a hundred - year period.

This, despite the fact that the European Union is threatening to penalize US and other foreign aircraft if they emit CO2 in Europe's airspace, another harbinger of future pressure expected to be placed on the carbon - intensive US by the international community to reduce its per capita greenhouse gas emissions.

Rep. Ed Markey, Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, has taken notice of FAA's recalcitrance to address emissions from aircraft honestly and directly (in part due to his notice of the CSW July report), and has sent a letter [PDF] to the FAA Administrator requesting responses to four specific questions.

On the contrary, it appears that climate change is fully visible on the FAA radar screen, as evidenced by a variety of tactical maneuvers that any reasonable observer could interpret as intended to keep policymakers from focusing on aircraft emissions, even as the stakes against global ecological health and well - being continue to climOn the contrary, it appears that climate change is fully visible on the FAA radar screen, as evidenced by a variety of tactical maneuvers that any reasonable observer could interpret as intended to keep policymakers from focusing on aircraft emissions, even as the stakes against global ecological health and well - being continue to climon the FAA radar screen, as evidenced by a variety of tactical maneuvers that any reasonable observer could interpret as intended to keep policymakers from focusing on aircraft emissions, even as the stakes against global ecological health and well - being continue to climon aircraft emissions, even as the stakes against global ecological health and well - being continue to climb.

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

U.S. national and regional emissions of HFC - 134a are derived for 2008 — 2012 based on atmospheric observations from ground and aircraft sites across the U.S. and a newly developed regional...

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.

It picked up the absolute silly of the BBC on 95 % reduction of aircraft emissions story (linked earlier).

Sampling tubing and instrumentation control cables laid out on the pavement beside NASA's DC - 8 flying laboratory in between synthetic fuels emission and engine performance tests at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif..

Airlines Cut Flights and Planes to Save Fuel Airlines Save Gas By Slowing Down, Just Like Drivers More about Turboprop Aircraft Efficient Modern Turboprop Aircraft Are Making a Comeback Perhaps Flying Turboprop Isn't Dying Turboprops Get Ecolabel More on Alternatives to Flying Seat 61: Get There Without Flying Eurostar to Cut Emissions 25 % and Offset the Rest Spain's New High - Speed Rail Challenging the Airlines High - Speed Rail Comes to the Americas CA High - Speed Rail Initiative: «If We Don't Pass This, We Will Never Have High - Speed Trains in the US»

The Code notes that shutting down an engine during taxi - in operations can deliver reductions of 20 to 40 per cent of the ground level fuel burn and CO2 emissions, and 10 to 30 per cent of ground emitted oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions, depending on aircraft type and operator technique.

# 2: Continental Airlines, Houston, TX — «Besides spending more than $ 16 billion over the past ten years to replace its fleet with more efficient aircraft, it installed fuel - saving winglets that reduce emissions by up to 5 % on most of its Boeing 737s and 757s, and reduced the nitrogen oxide output from ground equipment at its Houston hub by over 75 % since 2000.»

WASHINGTON / MONTREAL (Reuters)- International aviation talks have hit a roadblock over a plan to limit carbon emissions for aircraft in a clash between developed and developing countries on how they view their responsibilities, two sources familiar with the matter said.

He has served as Project Manager in the European Community AERONOX program, as a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences / National Research Council Panel on Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft, as Chairman of ICAO / CAEP / WG3 (emissions) Technology and Certification Subgroup, and as lead author in the World Meteorological Organization's Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion (1994)-RRB- David J. Griggs (Head of the IPCC Working Group I Technical Support Unit at the Hadley Centre, UK Meteorological Office), David J. Dokken (Project Administrator of the IPCC Working Group II Technical Support Unit, Washington, DC, USA) and Mack McFarland (Principal Scientist in Environmental Programs at DuPont Fluoroproducts, Wilmington, DE, USA).