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Analysis: Aviation Industry Coronavirus Bailouts Contradict Governments' Climate Commitments

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Tags: easyJet British Airways International Air Transport Association (IATA) Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)

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‘No Time for Requirements’: Aviation Industry Lobbying Against Green Strings in Coronavirus Bailouts

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Read time: 8 mins Aviation has been one of the sectors worst hit by the fallout from the COVID -19 pandemic. Tags: International Air Transport Association (IATA) Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) Airlines for America (A4A) Airport Operators Association IATA says $200 billion is needed globally.

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FedEx pledges to be carbon neutral by 2040

GreenBiz

The larger commercial vehicles — such as Class 8 trucks — are more difficult to electrify due to a lack of models from manufacturers and a higher price tag than their diesel equivalent. The company has a goal to move its 700-plane airline fleet to 30 percent sustainable aviation fuel — made from bio sources instead of fossil fuels — by 2030.

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Workers and Climate Must Be Priority in Aviation Industry Bailouts, Campaigners Say

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Tags: International Air Transport Association (IATA) emirates The campaign, launched yesterday by the Stay Grounded network, is urging governments to avoid rushing into bailouts which lack social and environmental conditions or proper protection for workers.

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Vertical Aerospace secures 1,000 pre-orders for electric air taxis ahead of IPO

Business Green

Each aircraft comes with a price tag of around $4m, it said. Fitzpatrick, Vertical Aerospace CEO, described the current juncture as "the most exciting time in aviation for almost a century" as he predicted electrification would transform flight in the 21st century "the same way the jet engine did 70 years ago".

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Commercial trucking's future is in the details

GreenBiz

It’s a great advertising tag line, but there are no free rides; someone always pays somewhere. The development of jet commercial aviation in the 1960s largely eliminated the passenger rail system in the U.S. That has to come from somewhere on a reliable and consistent basis or you do not get fed. Free delivery."

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How the Integrity Council's new global benchmark could prove a watershed moment for the carbon market

Business Green

In addition, the program-level requirements for governance have been streamlined to build on the existing requirements established through the UN-backed CORSIA aviation carbon offset scheme, a move the ICVCM said had been adopted following extensive consultation with stakeholders.

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