aircraft co2 emissions Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:06:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Airlines Still Charging Flyers for Non-Existent Carbon Tax https://www.greenoptimistic.com/airlines-charge-carbon-tax-20130124/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/airlines-charge-carbon-tax-20130124/#respond Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:06:40 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=31932 Environmentalists have discovered that airlines are making an enormous amount of money, to the tune of half a billion euros, by passing on a carbon surcharge to passengers despite a November EU decision to freeze the carbon tax it originally instated on January 1, 2012. During an investigation, the environmental group Transport and Environment discovered […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/airlines-charge-carbon-tax-20130124/feed/ 0 31932 UK Scientists Predict Aircraft as Significant Source of CO2 for Next 10 Years https://www.greenoptimistic.com/aircraft-co2-emission-prediction-20100531/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/aircraft-co2-emission-prediction-20100531/#respond Mon, 31 May 2010 19:29:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7819 A 10-year prediction made by Bethan Owen and her colleagues from the UK's CATE (Center for Air Traffic and the Environment) says that aircraft emissions will become the a significant source of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, and will double or triple by 2050.

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