Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Firm claims to have achieved the milestone through a combination of carbon offsets, renewable energy certificates, and absolute emissions reductions. The carbon neutrality achievement, touted as a first for the Canadian aerospace sector by CAE, received plaudits from provincial and federal politicians in Canada yesterday.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Coal-fired power plant chimneys: In fast-growing economies, rapidly increasing energy demand is triggering investment in both low carbon and fossil fuel generation, leaving certain countries, including India and China, unlikely to reach net zero until much later.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 5, 2022

Their new joint venture aims to leverage zero carbon aviation for sustainable transportation and transform the communications, mobility, freight and tourism secto rs. The two companies will work alongside HAV’s customers to develop infrastructure for the new hybrid aircraft, the Airlander.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The International Civil Aviation Organization anticipates that in 2020, global international aviation emissions will be 70 percent greater than in 2005. One answer is for executives to offset their airlines’ emissions through carbon mitigation and sequestration projects. That’s no small task.

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Sustainability Consulting

JANUARY 6, 2021

While these are small steps, Amazon has committed to tackling climate change in two big ways. Bezos Earth Fund Last winter, Amazon-founder Jeff Bezos announced the Bezos Earth Fund, a $10 billion commitment to fighting climate change. Here is the list of grantees.

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2022

Prime Minister Boris Johnson insists the UK can lead the world on zero emission aviation, as he reflects on 'three happy years in the cockpit' of government in an address to the Fansborough Air Show yesterday. We showed that pigs could fly a hundred years ago, and we are going to fix zero carbon aviation as well.

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Business Green

JUNE 3, 2021

Demonstration project designed to highlight viability of blending lower carbon biofuels with conventional jet fuel to reduce CO2 from flight ahead of G7. As we get ready to welcome the world to the G7, we can demonstrate how this technology can significantly cut carbon from aviation, whilst protecting its benefits," added.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2021

Industry group Sustainable Aviation targets 15 per cent cut in emissions by 2030 and 40 per cent cut by 2040 on flight path to net zero. per cent a year - an ambition greeted with considerable scepticism by climate campaigners.

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Business Green

MARCH 13, 2022

Climate Action 100+ recommends its investor coalition - which is collectively worth $65tr - push airlines for 'strong, decisive action' on climate change. by the end of the century. by the end of the century.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Proposed Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill would see international aviation, shipping, and consumption fall within the UK's 2050 net zero target, while putting climate assemblies on a formal standing. Based on the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to 1.5C

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Aviation bailouts in wake of pandemic hurt the climate and did not prevent tens of thousands of job losses, campaigners warn. A survey of more than 1,000 people working in aviation included in the report found that just 21 per cent of respondents said the industry offered them secure employment for the future.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

The company would take those almond shells and other types of biomass, convert them into a carbon-rich oil, and inject the oil deep underground. Strange as it may sound, demand for this service — a form of what’s called “ carbon removal ” — was just beginning to grow. That’s where carbon removal comes in.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Until now, the causes of the 2020 surge in methane – second only to carbon dioxide as a driver of climate change – had been unclear. A team led by a University of Edinburgh scientist used global atmospheric chemistry models to study how lockdown emission changes affected methane levels. ppb increase.

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Grist

AUGUST 11, 2022

It’s also terrible for the climate. But according to a growing body of research, those efforts leave something out: Most of the planet-warming effects of flying aren’t from carbon dioxide. percent of total warming in 2011 on aviation alone — which may sound small, but the number has been growing fast.

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2021

Climate Pledge Fund backs innovative US developer of green jet fuels. The aviation sector in a pandemic has 99 problems. And climate change remains a big one. And if you look at the aviation industry's historical pledges to add in bio-based jet fuels, before the pandemic, it's fallen woefully short.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2022

The government must act now to scale power-to-liquid fuels that would allow the aviation industry to reduce their emissions, while long-term solutions are in development, argues Green Alliance's Helena Barrett. As a sector, aviation has so far got off lightly in the push to meet net zero.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2022

The government certainly hopes so, having this week set out its vision to transform all domestic flight and airports into a net zero emissions aviation industry within two short decades. However, the question as to whether such ambitious targets are achievable without measures to actively restrict passenger numbers remains an open one.

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2022

A coalition of leading environmental groups has today set out a series of 'tests' that the government's imminent 'Jet Zero' strategy needs to pass, if it is to put the aviation industry on a credible path to delivering on the UK's net zero targets.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The integrity of the Scottish climate framework is now at risk. One year ago, I called for more clarity and transparency on Scottish climate policy and delivery. The Climate Change Committee has conducted a methodological review of the Scottish Climate Targets and assessed progress in cutting Scottish greenhouse gas emissions.

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Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2021

The nascent green aviation sector received a dual boost today as the UK government confirmed a series of multi-million pound R&D funding awards and BP and Quantas inked a new sustainable fuel partnership. New R&D funding awards confirmed, as BP and Quantas ink fresh net zero emission partnership.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

With legal action targeting the government's Jet Zero strategy and a new analysis suggesting the aviation industry is off course to meet Paris Agreement goals, pressure is mounting on airlines to revamp their decarbonisation plans. GALBA is now seeking to test its claims that the strategy breaches the UK Climate Change Act in court.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A new 5-gigawatt “low-carbon” hydrogen target for 2030 has been revealed, along with an ambition to heat an entire town with hydrogen by the end of the decade. “Jet Zero” efforts to cut aviation sector emissions, as well as greener maritime emissions. billion) of investment, previously announced.

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2022

Archer Aviation has received a $10m deposit from United Airlines to support its plans to produce 100 electric vehicle take-off and landing (eVOTL) aircraft. Michael Leskinen, president of United Airlines Ventures, said the interest in the nascent zero emission aviation sector was starting to reach critical mass. "We

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore will also launch 12 key initiatives, including a levy on sustainable aviation fuel and low-carbon electricity imports. This net zero goal aligns with both Singapore’s national climate target and the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s target for the global aviation industry.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2021

Modern aviation had never seen a year like 2020. And it begs the question: Can sustainable aviation finally get off the ground? Regardless, pressure has been on aviation to join other sectors in dramatically cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Three things can be done to reduce aviation's climate impact.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Recent research published in Global Environmental Change has revealed that only 1% of people cause half of all aviation pollution globally. The study, conducted through analysis of aviation data, revealed that large populations across all countries did not fly at all in the years observed. This means that the U.S.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JANUARY 26, 2022

The White House has taken a strong stance in expanding the production and use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to reduce carbon emissions in the aviation industry. The Administration has identified the aviation industry as a climate priority in its push to reduce the country’s carbon footprint.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The sector currently generates 8% of global CO2 emissions: more than aviation and shipping combined. 53% of emissions can be reduced, eliminated or captured through a combination of fuel switch, power sector decarbonisation and carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS).

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 27, 2021

Amazon aims to clean up aviation Katie Fehrenbacher Wed, 01/27/2021 – 02:00 The aviation sector in a pandemic has 99 problems. And climate change remains a big one. Still, Amazon’s support is the latest indicator that the logistics giant is eyeing ways to clean up aviation. Enter air cargo.

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Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2020

The initiative is the aviation firm’s latest attempt to green its operations, while controversy over plans to construct a third runway rumbles on. Heathrow has partnered with climate company CHOOOSE to make flight offsetting available for its 80 million annual travelers, the airport announced yesterday.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2020

Think tank argues new oversight body is needed to tackle risk of 'junk credits' as reliance on carbon offsets grows. The government is today facing calls to move swiftly to establish a new watchdog to oversee an anticipated surge in the development of carbon offsets through new nature-based approaches to emissions reduction.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

Kyoto Protocol agreed to use as a benchmark for their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and 2050, the year many countries set as their target for carbon net zero. … while a lot has changed, not much has changed. The halfway mark has now passed between 1990, the year that countries who signed the U.N.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 14, 2020

government’s long-awaited energy white paper is out with confirmation of fresh negotiations with EDF over a new nuclear power station and a drive to push up the price of carbon. is reinforcing its effort to establish itself as a climate leader. It will host the next round of the UN climate change negotiations in 2021.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2020

Punitive green aviation bailout terms without there yet being viable alternatives to conventional jet fuel could actually delay the shift to greener flight, argues ZeroAvia's Val Miftakhov. The Committee on Climate Change wrote to the Prime Minister last month, advising the government to prioritise a green recovery.

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Green Living Guy

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Its popularity and constant use has made it one of the most significant contributors to carbon emissions. The post Greener aviation: will they help save the planet or are they just pretty concepts? Almost 2.4% of global CO2 emissions are thought to come. appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The ES-30 is powered by lithium-ion batteries, but is also equipped with generators that can use sustainable aviation fuel. Already, Air Canada is supporting the development of new technologies, such as sustainable aviation fuels and carbon capture, to address climate change.”. Source: Air Canada.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 29, 2024

However, the groups have charged, this claim does not account for what consumers would reasonably expect to be the airport’s main climate impact: additional carbon pollution from increased flights. Aviation industry advertising has been a frequent target of greenwashing complaints.

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