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Business Green
MAY 27, 2022
New West Country research hub officially launched, as government publishes roadmap for decarbonising the aviation sector supply chain. Airbus chief technical officer Sabine Klauke said discoveries made at the network of ZEDC's could have major implications for the decarbonisation of aviation.
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Carbon from captured from industrial plants could power the world's aviation industry, according to Dr Jennifer Holmgren, chief executive of carbon recycling firm LanzaTech.
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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.
Charged
OCTOBER 6, 2019
It’s the Aviator, a mid-size three-row luxury SUV that sits below the hulking Navigator in the lineup, and revives a name that the brand used briefly a decade ago. The Aviator shares brand-new underpinnings with the latest Ford Explorer, though Lincoln engineers take pains to detail some of the hundreds of changes made to the suspension, powertrain, and dozens of other mechanical aspects so the Lincoln would be suitably luxurious. The plug-in Aviator is powered by a 13.6
Business Green
APRIL 3, 2020
This week, just days after a group of leading civil society and environment groups called on the government to fold "stringent conditions" into any forthcoming rescue package for aviation, the government today unveiled a multi-million bailout for buses today that makes no mention of climate.
Business Green
MARCH 14, 2021
Ministers claim funding for aerospace manufacturing projects can support drive towards net zero emission aviation.
Business Green
OCTOBER 21, 2020
Industry-backed report calls on EU and UK to introduce a mandate for sustainable aviation fuel from 2025 that ratchets up over time in order to spur demand for greener fuels. Aviation is an international sector, its policies are most effective when they are international," he stressed.
Business Green
JUNE 12, 2020
The French government has confirmed a plan to pump €15bn into the European aerospace industry in a bid to save thousands of jobs and establish France as a hub for low carbon aviation technology. France sets sights on creating 'cleanest' aerospace industry in the world.
Charged
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
In a recent article in IEEE Spectrum , the company’s Head of Battery Development and Integration, Mark Crittenden, explains why lithium-sulfur tech is uniquely suited to electric aviation. Oxis packages the cathode, anode, separator and electrolyte into pouch cells, which are connected both in series and in parallel to form a 20-amp-hour, 2.15-volt battery pack.
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. Val Miftakhov is founder and CEO of green aviation technology firm ZeroAvia
Business Green
DECEMBER 16, 2021
A wide-ranging package of legislative measures designed to curb emissions from the gas industry unveiled by the European Commission has come under fire from campaigners and energy analysts, who have warned they could 'lock in' fossil gas infrastructure across Europe for the years to come.
Business Green
JULY 22, 2020
As MEPs enter talks over EU Council's €1.8tr recovery package and budget deal, many key green questions remain. As such, it remains unclear precisely how the EU will ensure almost a third of its recovery package actually does end up supporting its climate ambitions.
Business Green
MARCH 4, 2021
Package delivery giant and airline operator FedEx has announced it plans to achieve 'carbon neutrality' across its operations within the next 20 years through investments in electrification, sustainable fuels, energy efficiency, and carbon capture systems.
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Sustainability Consulting
JANUARY 6, 2021
As we enjoy our new gifts, it’s sobering to think of packaging waste such as plastic mailers and bubble wrap adding to landfill or ending up in oceans. Our concerns about plastic and packaging usually point to online retailers, especially one of the world’s biggest: Amazon.
GreenTechMedia
DECEMBER 21, 2020
trillion federal spending and tax extension package negotiated by congressional leaders over the weekend alongside a $900 billion coronavirus relief package. The massive spending bill awaiting passage by the U.S.
Business Green
APRIL 28, 2020
And yet, as the report notes, both have already provided support packages to struggling airlines without any fresh requirement for airlines to strengthen their long term emissions reduction plans. At roughly £2.2tr, the US has the largest stimulus package of the 11 countries surveyed.
GreenBiz
MARCH 3, 2021
FedEx — which uses over 180,000 vehicles to deliver packages across continents and operates the world's largest cargo airline — has been implementing sustainability practices for years, but the announcement represents a major acceleration of the company's commitments.
Renewable Energy World
DECEMBER 13, 2021
ZeroAvia announced it has raised another $35 million to help develop its 2-5 megawatt (MW) zero-emission powertrain systems for commercial aviation.
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 28, 2020
In the $500 billion-per-year cosmetics space, small-scale packaging leads to large-scale single-use plastic waste. Readers devoured GreenBiz stories on the emerging technologies powering electric aviation and the companies behind them. Aviation.
Business Green
AUGUST 3, 2021
Deliveries giant announces it is to team up with electric aviation pioneer Eviation to put zero emission planes into service. He added that the company had found "the perfect partner with Eviation as they share our purpose, and together we will take off into a new era of sustainable aviation".
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 16, 2020
grant from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has been awarded to three firms for an ambitious chemical recycling project that aims to make hard-to-recycle plastic packaging recyclable.
GreenBiz
MAY 8, 2020
Wasted food is responsible for 6 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions — that’s three times the contribution of aviation and more than any country except China and the United States. This can seem counterintuitive, as meal kits are often criticized for excessive packaging. (Do
Business Green
APRIL 12, 2021
The French government has moved forward with pioneering plans to effectively ban a number of short haul aviation routes as part of the country's sweeping new climate bill.
Business Green
MAY 10, 2022
Industry Voice: Air bp's global aviation sustainability director Andreea Moyes explains how the firm is addressing logistical challenges head on to help scale up SAF production. per cent of total aviation fuel consumption.
GreenBiz
JUNE 4, 2021
In 2018, research suggests data centers were responsible for about the same amount of carbon emissions as aviation. Design & Packaging. The future is climate-friendly software. Sarah Golden. Fri, 06/04/2021 - 01:30.
Business Green
MAY 17, 2022
The aviation’s industry’s decarbonisation efforts are in the midst of a battle between two competing narratives. Billions of dollars are being invested to deliver first low emission aviation fuels and then genuinely ultra-low emission flight based on hydrogen, electrification, and e-fuels.
Business Green
MARCH 11, 2022
Last week the club revealed plastic recycling pods have been installed at the Etihad Stadium in a bid to encourage football fans to make more conscious choices when disposing of packaging waste by offering them discounts on air travel as a reward for "joining the sustainability journey".
Business Green
JUNE 23, 2020
Hydrogen-powered planes have "significant, and so far underestimated" potential to become a major force in the future of flight, and to thereby help reduce the aviation sector's growing impact on the climate, according to the findings of a major industry and EU-backed study released yesterday.
GreenBiz
MAY 26, 2020
Food waste is responsible for generating close to 6 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions: for perspective, that's three times the amount generated by the aviation industry. It's applied in packaging facilities or warehouses using a water-based formula.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 26, 2021
The London-listed firm, which is aiming to build a major sustainable aviation fuel plant on the Humber, said it would spend the proceeds of the sale on boosting its manufacturing capability and building 12 reactors capable of turning waste gas into jet fuel annually.
Business Green
JUNE 12, 2020
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has today announced a dual boost to the UK's nascent low carbon aviation sector, confirming the formation of a new 'Jet Zero Council' and the award of fresh funding for green fuel specialist Velocsys.
GreenBiz
APRIL 15, 2021
Giving plastic trash new life" is what Wang and Yao are working to do with Novoloop, which transforms packaging waste into high-performance materials used in shoes, cars, homes and more. 43 — Aviation. The case for raising up women in climate tech. Shana Rappaport.
Business Green
MARCH 23, 2020
As the government mulls potential support packages for embattled UK airlines in the face of the escalating coronavirus crisis, growing calls have come for any bailout or public ownership stakes to be contingent on clearer climate targets for the aviation sector.
Business Green
JUNE 25, 2020
Greenpeace activists today delivered a letter to the Treasury backed by a 167,000 signature petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to ensure any bailout packaged for the aviation sector included climate-related conditions.
EDF + Business
JULY 6, 2021
Incentives to scale sustainable aviation fuels. Here are some immediate opportunities for action: Engage directly with lawmakers and publicly support strong climate provisions in the bipartisan infrastructure package and in subsequent bills.
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 26, 2021
An LCV delivering 10 similar sized packages per 8-hour shift over a 5km delivery radius, and following a regular schedule of consecutive deliveries, produces an estimated CO2 emission rate of 3,394 grams per 24 hours (3 shifts).
DeSmogBlog
JULY 22, 2021
On July 14, the European Union (EU) announced a sweeping package of climate proposals that will help the continent cut greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent by 2030, from a 1990 baseline. For aviation, airline companies take the lead.
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
Elsewhere in the drive for low-carbon aviation, ATI Boeing Accelerator this week opened applications for the second cohort in its programme bringing together investors and sustainability start-ups. The latest moves follow an eventful summer for the fledgling green aviation sector.
Business Green
JUNE 10, 2021
The firm has also pledged to transition all its facilities to renewable energy by 2035 and to ensure that 30 per cent of its aviation fleet is using sustainable aviation fuel by the same date News comes as rival delivery company DPD announces it has also purchased 750 e-vans.
Business Green
JULY 14, 2021
Brussels launches major package of accelerated decarbonisation measures, including tax reforms, new clean energy targets, and carbon border tariffs.
Business Green
JULY 24, 2020
A report published today by UK-based consultancy Vivid Economics warns many governments are neglecting to consider the broader sustainability and resilience impacts of company bailouts and stimulus packages offered to the agriculture, industry, transport, energy and manufacturing waste sectors.
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Embedded in the price you pay for goods are things such as vehicle maintenance, insurance, driver labor, warehouse labor, packaging labor, fuel energy, transport tolls, packaging disposal and, of course, profit margin. The development of jet commercial aviation in the 1960s largely eliminated the passenger rail system in the U.S. Commercial trucking's future is in the details. Rick Mihelic. Tue, 09/08/2020 - 01:45.
Elemental Excelerator
APRIL 21, 2022
For example: Dimensional Energy is engineering a sustainable aviation fuel called syngas using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water.
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