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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

Environment

August 27, 2010

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

Environment

August 27, 2010

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

Environment

August 27, 2010

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

Environment

August 27, 2010

Boeing Headquarters Earns EPA Energy Star

Boeing’s Chicago downtown headquarters has earned the U.S.

Environment

August 27, 2010

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

Environment

August 27, 2010

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.

Environment

August 27, 2010

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

Environment

August 27, 2010

Solena’s GreenSky Turning Garbage into Green Jet Fuel

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Environment

August 27, 2010

Airline Bean Counters Need To Count Emissions Carefully

Airlines that will be subject to Europe’s new <link ain-and-ainalerts/aviation-international-news/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/emissions-tradi

Environment

August 27, 2010

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

Environment

August 26, 2010

RAA gets members ready for climate regs

As the <link ain-and-ainalerts/aviation-international-news/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/emissions-trading-in-europe-coming-in-less-than-three-

Environment

August 2, 2010

$125M Awarded for ‘Cleen’ Aircraft Engines

The FAA awarded contracts valued at $125 million to several manufacturers to develop and demonstrate&nbsp;technologies that will reduce jet aircraft fuel c

Environment

August 1, 2010

Contracts Awarded To Accelerate ‘Cleen’ Environment

The FAA has awarded contracts valued at $125 million to several manufacturers to develop and demonstrate technologies that will reduce jet aircraft fuel co

Regulations and Government

July 1, 2010

Negotiations continue for ETS Support Facility

Eurocontrol’s ETS Support Facility has still not bee

Environment

June 29, 2010

ETS Support Facility Decision Still Not Resolved

Eurocontrol’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) support facility has still not been definitively confirmed as an option for operators to meet their obligation

Environment

June 15, 2010