Environment

News about environmental issues relating to aircraft operations, including noise issues, emissisions, and regulations. See Fuel for biofuel.

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Premier Solutions Shows Green Technology

Premier Solutions of America has introduced a new “eco-friendly” paint stripper that is “biodegradable, non-toxic, easy to use and easy to apply.”
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Industry’s Green Efforts Lauded

At the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change last month the international aviation industry was recognized for its efforts to address cli
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UVair Access Now Available Via Universal Mobile

Universal Weather & Aviation has introduced the second release of its Universal Mobile application.
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Deadline looms for EU verified emission report

With less than four months to go before the March 31 deadline for aircraft operators to submit independently verified emissions reports for the European Un
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ICAO Resolution Tackles Aviation Emissions

At the close of its 37th Assembly last Friday, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) agreed to what it characterized as the first global app
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ETS reporting process remains a headache

If you make even a handful of short flights into European airspace, there’s no escaping the countdown to the European Union’s contentious emissions trading
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Numbers Don’t Stack Up for Small Emitters Tool

The ETS small emitters tool for calculating carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is simple at first glance, consisting of no more than an Excel spreadsheet into
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Everest touts value of ‘fuel management’

Everest Fuel Management is using its NBAA appearance (Booth No.
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Avfuel branches out into global trip-planning business

Avfuel, known best for its global fuel distribution services, is here at NBAA (Booth No.
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FuelerLinx offers fuel price aid


Aviation fuel-management software provider FuelerLinx has unveiled a new fueling pricing aid.
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Confusion reigns over ETS implementation in Europe

Europe’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) is not much more than a
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NATA holding line and FBO training

On October 6 to 7, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) is holding its line service supervisor training seminar in Fort Lauderdale.
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Europe OKs tool for ETS compliance

Eurocontrol has released its so-called smaller emitters tool for calculating carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for the purposes of compliance with Europe's em
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Business Aviation and the Environment

There is no silver bullet for reducing the effect of business aviation on the environment, most industry analysts agree, but the combination of new technol
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Next-gen ATC promises environmental rewards

The benefits of implementing NextGen and its European counterpart, the Single European Sky ATM Research (Sesar), are threefold: not only will the new proce
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Turbofan manufacturers continue ‘green’ efforts

Turbofan manufacturers are developing cleaner, quieter and more environmentally friendly engines that will meet current and future regulatory requirements.
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Alternative fuels still face hurdles

The alternative aviation fuel industry continues to conduct flight tests to validate the use of new jet-fuel blends.
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Eurocopter joins biofuel quest

Eurocopter and parent company EADS have teamed with Argentina-based BioCombustibles del Chubut (BC) to study the feasibility of building an aviation biofue
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EPA begins ruling process to phase out leaded avgas

With the deadline for the comment period on the Environmental Protection Agency’s advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) to phase out leaded avgas
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FAA Awards $125M in Green Contracts

Five aerospace companies have been awarded a total of $125 million in contracts as part of an environmental initiative to spur development of new aircraft
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Honeywell Launches New Emissions and Monitoring

Honeywell is offering a new emissions monitoring service for business jets operating in European airspace to assist in compliance with European Union emi
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Boeing Headquarters Earns EPA Energy Star

Boeing’s Chicago downtown headquarters has earned the U.S.
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Rockwell Collins Plays Key Role in Green Connection Evaluations

Rockwell Collins, as a member of a consortium of industry partners led by Swedish air navigation service provider Luftfartsverket (LFV), has been awarded a
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Committee studies eco-friendly production, dismantling

Operating an aircraft accounts for 80 percent of the machine’s lifetime environmental footprint, according to a newly released Dassault study.
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OEMs embrace more-electric aircraft systems

Business jet manufacturers are quietly progressing toward more-electric architectures, where electricity replaces hydraulic and pneumatic power in systems
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Airline Bean Counters Need To Count Emissions Carefully

Airlines that will be subject to Europe’s new
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World Fuel To Acquire Western Petroleum

World Fuel Services on Monday announced an agreement to acquire Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Western Petroleum, including its branded aviation fuel distributi