(GreenAir Online) Following its ‘Push for change’ initiative launched earlier this year, Finnair has used sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on two flights from San Francisco to Helsinki. The initiative encourages passengers to either offset the carbon emissions from their flights or
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Back TO HOMEClimate Change Measures Progress at ICAO Assembly
(Air Transport Action Group) Governments meeting at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 40th Assembly in Montreal have supported the prioritisation of work on developing a long-term goal for aviation CO2 emissions, with that work to be completed for presentation at
October 07, 2019 Read Full Article
Over 200 European Airports to Deliver Net Zero CO2 Emissions by 2050
(Airports Council International) On the occasion of the UN Global Climate Action Summit taking place in New York today, the trade association for Europe’s airports, ACI EUROPE provided an update on the industry’s response to the Climate Emergency. In June of
October 01, 2019 Read Full Article
Countering Misinformation on Sustainable Aviation Fuels
(IATA) Attempts to discredit CORSIA through false assertions about SAF do not stand up to scrutiny, says Michael Gill, Director, Aviation Environment. ... Two of the most important environmental options on the table are the CORSIA international offsetting scheme, and the
September 30, 2019 Read Full Article
Family Farming, Biofuels, CO2: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Climate Change and the U.S. Farm Economy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The National Farmers Union envisions a world where farm families and their communities are respected, valued and enjoy economic prosperity and social justice and climate is a big part of that. Check out what Roger
September 27, 2019 Read Full Article
Protests against International Aviation Emissions Strategy
(Stay Grounded Network/Biofuelwatch) Planned protests in Montreal at International Aviation Assembly (24th of September to 4th of October) // New briefing exposes plans for palm oil in the airplane tank & aviation emissions scheme (CORSIA) as set to fail to
September 25, 2019 Read Full Article
Aviation Industry Encourages Long-Term Climate Action from Governments
(Air Transport Action Group) The aviation industry, alongside environmental groups, will request governments to set a timeframe for agreement on a long-term target to reduce CO2 emissions from air transport at a meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) starting
September 23, 2019 Read Full Article
SAS Offers Passengers Option to Purchase Biofuel
(Flight Global) Scandinavian operator SAS is offering passengers the opportunity to purchase biofuel as part of the airline’s sustainability strategy. The initiative is a not-for-profit service, simply adding to biofuels already being bought by the airline. Customers will be able to purchase 20min
September 18, 2019 Read Full Article
Delta Invests $2 Million for Study of Potential Facility to Produce Biofuel from Forest Floor Debris
(Delta News Hub) Commitment will fund exploration for the establishment of a sustainable biofuel refinery in Washington State. -- As part of its ongoing commitment to sustainability, Delta Air Lines is investing $2 million to partner with Northwest Advanced Bio-fuels, LLC for
September 18, 2019 Read Full Article
New Corporate Climate Commitment: Buying Negative Emissions
by Josh Siegel & Abby Smith (Washington Examiner's Daily on Energy) Companies are starting to include direct investments in carbon capture and sequestration in their climate and sustainability plans. Shopify, the fast-growing e-commerce platform company, is the latest company to do
September 16, 2019 Read Full Article
Lufthansa Innovation Hub launches the "Compensaid" Sustainability Platform and Focuses on CO2 Neutral Aviation Fuels
(Lufthansa Group) Travelers can use the new platform to replace the fossil fuel of their flights with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF); Airline passengers can reduce up to 80 percent of their CO2 emissions; "Compensaid" provides a transparent overview of a
August 21, 2019 Read Full Article
British Airways and Shell to Build Europe's First Facility to Convert Rubbish into Jet Fuel
by Oliver Gill (The Telegraph) British Airways and Royal Dutch Shell have submitted plans to build Europe’s first plant that converts household waste into jet fuel. The duo will work with Velocys, a sustainable fuel specialist, on the site near to
August 20, 2019 Read Full Article
Biofuels and Carbon Offsets Power Delta’s First Carbon-Neutral Flights
(Delta) Delta to take 20 carbon-neutral new aircraft deliveries from the Airbus final assembly line in Mobile, Ala.; Using biofuels and carbon offsets in coordination with Air BP, this move is Delta’s latest sustainability action toward its long-term goal of a 50 percent
July 16, 2019 Read Full Article
United’s June 5 ‘Flight for the Planet’ Fueled with Biofuel Blend
by Erin Voegele (Biomass Magazine) United Airlines made history June 5 with the departure of the Flight for the Planet, the most eco-friendly commercial flight of its kind in the history of aviation. The flight was fueled with biofuel and featured
June 06, 2019 Read Full Article
Resolution: Airlines Call for Implementation of Global Carbon Offsetting Scheme
(International Air Transport Association) The International Air Transport Association (IATA) 75th Annual General Meeting (AGM) overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on governments to continue important work for full implementation of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) agreed
June 04, 2019 Read Full Article
Fulfilling Climate Obligations Will Be Hard but We’re up to the Challenge, Promises Aviation Industry
(GreenAir Online) Addressing aviation’s impact on climate change and meeting the challenge was a key theme at the industry's recent Global Sustainable Aviation Forum (GSAF) in Montreal. While attention remains focused on ICAO’s CORSIA offsetting scheme delivering carbon neutral growth from 2020, the
June 02, 2019 Read Full Article
Why Carbon Credits for Forest Preservation May Be Worse than Nothing--An (Even More) Inconvenient Truth
by Lisa Song, with additional reporting by Paula Moura (Pro Publica) ... If the carbon in these trees could be quantified, then Acre could sell credits to polluters emitting clouds of CO₂. Whatever they release theoretically would be offset, or canceled
May 23, 2019 Read Full Article
The Pressing Need for a Strategy to Ramp up Ambition on Mitigating Emissions from Aviation
by Chris Lyle (GreenAir Online/Air Transport Economics) Greenhouse gases from aviation will continue to increase globally despite prevailing mitigation actions, whose effects are well outdistanced by traffic growth. ICAO is in the process of finalising CORSIA, the final link in the
April 30, 2019 Read Full Article
ICAO Releases List of Technical Advisory Board Members Who Will Recommend Eligible Offsets for CORSIA
(GreenAir Online) ICAO has released the list of members appointed to the Technical Advisory Body (TAB) that will assess emissions units programmes for eligibility under the UN agency’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). The TAB, which will
April 30, 2019 Read Full Article
Beto O’Rourke Hints at Support for Carbon Pricing
(Argus Media) US presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke wants the country to slash its greenhouse gas emissions to near zero over the next 30 years, possibly through the use of a carbon market. The Democratic former US representative today released a sweeping climate change
April 30, 2019 Read Full Article
ERA Funds Wheat-Ethanol Plant, Woody Biomass Project
by Erin Voegele (Biomass Magazine) Emissions Reduction Alberta recently announced funding to support several projects through its Partnership Intake Program, including a biorefinery that will produce ethanol and biogas and a technology that will utilize biomass waste materials in the production
April 02, 2019 Read Full Article
Growing Support among EU Environment Ministers for Applying further Carbon Pricing on Aviation Emissions
(GreenAir Online) A recent proposal by the Netherlands finance ministry for an EU-wide aviation tax to deal with the sector’s growing emissions has received backing from a Belgian environment minister at a meeting of the Council of European Environment Ministers. The
March 24, 2019 Read Full Article
The Cost of Supporting Alternative Jet Fuels in the European Union
by Nikita Pavlenko, Stephanie Searle, and Adam Christensen (International Council on Clean Transportation) Alternative jet fuels (AJFs) are among the few available in-sector approaches to reduce aviation sector emissions. Although the aviation sector has not played a prominent role in fuels
March 22, 2019 Read Full Article
Aviation Industry Applauds Another CORSIA Milestone
(Air Transport Action Group) The aviation industry today welcomed another significant milestone in the development of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has established a technical advisory body
March 06, 2019 Read Full Article
SAS, Finnair and China Airlines Launch Passenger Carbon Offsetting Initiatives
(GreenAir Online) Three airlines – SAS, Finnair and China Airlines – have each introduced carbon offsetting initiatives for their customers. Starting this month, SAS Group will offset the carbon emissions of all tickets booked through its EuroBonus loyalty programme, which has
February 22, 2019 Read Full Article
Europe Presses ICAO Council for Decision on CORSIA's Carbon Offset Eligibility Criteria
(GreenAir Online) Europe is pressing the governing ICAO Council to approve at its current 216th Session the emissions units criteria (EUC) that will underpin the eligibility of carbon offset credits that can be used under ICAO’s CORSIA scheme. The EUC are
February 22, 2019 Read Full Article
Finnair Introduces CO2 Offsetting and Biofuel Service for Customers
(Finnair) Finnair today (January 15, 2019) introduced a service, where its customers can offset the CO2 emissions of their flights by supporting a CO2 emission reduction project or reduce emissions by buying biofuel. Push for change service is available on Finnair web pages at www.finnair.com/pushforchange and
January 21, 2019 Read Full Article
Carbon Markets, NGOs and IATA Urge Countries at COP24 Climate Talks to Adopt Robust Rules on Double Counting
(GreenAir Online) Carbon market representatives, IATA and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) have urged countries currently meeting at the UNFCCC’s COP24 in Poland to adopt strong rules to avoid double counting on emissions reductions under the Paris Agreement and ICAO’s CORSIA carbon
December 15, 2018 Read Full Article
Shell, World Energy, SkyNRG, KLM, SAS and Finnair Join Forces to Reduce Carbon Emissions at San Francisco Airport
(SkyNRG) Shell, World Energy and SkyNRG have initiated the supply of sustainable aviation fuel to three major airlines at San Francisco Airport following the strategic collaboration announced in May which involved fuel suppliers, airlines, and airport agencies. Shell Aviation and SkyNRG have commenced
December 11, 2018 Read Full Article
International Network of Activists Mount Campaign to Halt Growth of the Aviation Sector
(Green Air Online) ... The Stay Grounded network, which includes Friends of the Earth International, reports it carried out 27 “actions” in 11 countries to raise awareness of what it describes as “the ongoing massive wave of airport infrastructure expansion
December 03, 2018 Read Full Article
Dutch Aviation Sector Presents Government with Action Plan to Reduce Gross Emissions by 35 Per Cent by 2030
(GreenAir Online) The Dutch civil aviation sector has pledged to reduce its gross carbon emissions originating in the Netherlands by 35 per cent by 2030. This is in addition to airline commitments required under the EU Emissions Trading System and the
December 03, 2018 Read Full Article
Aviation Industry Says It's on Track and Committed to Start Reporting Carbon Emissions from January
(GreenAir Online) With just a month to go before airlines and business aircraft operators with international flights must start monitoring and reporting their CO2 emissions under the CORSIA carbon offsetting scheme, the sector says it is firmly on track to meet
December 03, 2018 Read Full Article
Industry and Countries Prepare for Introduction of CORSIA but "Much Work to Be Done"
(GreenAir Online) With just three months to go before all airlines with international flights must start monitoring their carbon emissions, ICAO’s CORSIA carbon offsetting scheme was centre stage at this year’s Global Sustainable Aviation Summit (GSAS) in Geneva organised by the
October 12, 2018 Read Full Article
SAS Pledges to Use Renewable Jet Fuels on All Domestic Flights by 2030 and Partners with Swedish Oil Refiner Preem
(GreenAir Online) Scandinavian airline SAS has signed a letter of intent with Sweden’s largest fuel company Preem to produce renewable aviation fuels using forestry residues and other waste materials. SAS has set a target to replace all its jet fuel used on domestic
August 17, 2018 Read Full Article
Finnair Study Finds Travelling Public Would Pay Extra to Reduce Environmental Impact of Flights
(GreenAir Online) According to a consumer research study by Finnair, almost all Finns – 94% – want to reduce the emissions from their air travel and three-quarters are willing to pay extra as part of the ticket price, but want the
August 17, 2018 Read Full Article
On the Rise: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Biogas, Its Markets and Production and Treatment Technologies
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) What’s up with biogas? The U.S. market has lagged in the development of biogas facilities because of the low cost of electricity, natural gas and vehicle fuels derived from petroleum. The passing of the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS)
August 09, 2018 Read Full Article
Initiative Launched to Encourage Adoption of Sustainable Jet Fuels by Business Aviation
(GreenAir Online) The business aviation sector has come together to raise awareness and encourage adoption by business aircraft owners, operators and fuel suppliers of sustainable alternative jet fuels (SJAF). At the centre of the initiative is a guide to explain
June 25, 2018 Read Full Article
Airline Industry Urged to Prepare for Monitoring Carbon Emissions as CORSIA Nears Adoption
(GreenAir Online) With less than seven months before CO2 monitoring requirements under ICAO’s CORSIA carbon offsetting scheme come into force, the cross-industry Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) has reminded airlines and business aircraft operators of the urgent need to prepare. Although
June 25, 2018 Read Full Article
EU Pushes Back against Weakening of Aviation Emissions Deal
by Julia Fioretti (Reuters) European countries are pushing back against any weakening of the rules underpinning a landmark global agreement to cap airline emissions at 2020 levels, especially those related to the types of aviation biofuels that can be used. France, Norway, Finland,
June 07, 2018 Read Full Article
KLM, Växjö Småland Airport, Södra, SkyNRG and Partners Sign LOI to Investigate the Feasibility of Producing Sustainable Aviation Fuels in the Växjö Region
(SkyNRG) Starting today, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is flying to Växjö, Sweden every day and to make flights to Växjö as sustainable as possible, KLM is investing in 120,000 litres of sustainable aviation fuel per year for the new Swedish
May 14, 2018 Read Full Article
Beyond the ICAO’s CORSIA: Towards a More Climatically Effective Strategy for Mitigation of Civil-Aviation Emissions
(GreenAir Online) In a peer-reviewed research article published in the journal Climate Law, air transport economist Chris Lyle examines ICAO’s role in addressing international aviation’s growing emissions since referral by the UNFCCC to the UN agency through the Kyoto Protocol. He examines the
April 27, 2018 Read Full Article
Imposing Eligibility Constraints on CORSIA Offset Credits Could Have Significant Impact on UN CDM, Finds Study
(GreenAir Online) The UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is likely to be a primary source of carbon credits for airlines seeking to offset the industry’s growth in CO2 emissions post-2020 under ICAO’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). However, slow
April 07, 2018 Read Full Article
Air New Zealand Says It Will Be at Least 10 Years before Aviation Biofuels Commercial
by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest) In New Zealand, Air New Zealand says that despite talking with 30 companies following its call to source 20 million liters of aviation biofuels last year, no one is scalable at the moment to be able
March 30, 2018 Read Full Article
IATA Sets Goal for Flights Using Sustainable Fuels
(International Air Transport Association/Biomass Magazine) The International Air Transport Association set out an aim for 1 billion passengers to fly on flights powered by a mix of jet fuel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2025. This aspiration was identified on
March 07, 2018 Read Full Article
That Was Then, This Is NOW! or The New Economics of Biogas Projects
by Scott Warfield (CERES Project Services/Lee Enterprises Consulting/Biofuels Digest) ... The big game changer for financing, profitability and financial returns of anaerobic digester (AD) projects regardless of feedstock is carbon offset credits and specifically California’s low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) which provides
February 08, 2018 Read Full Article
Air Traffic Control the Netherlands Joins KLM's Corporate Biofuel Programme
(GreenAir Online) Air Traffic Control the Netherlands has joined KLM’s Corporate Biofuel Programme, enabling it to compensate for the CO2 from staff business flights through the purchase of sustainable biofuels. “Our employees travel regularly outside the Netherlands to meet with our international
February 05, 2018 Read Full Article
Newsweek Names United Airlines Top Global Carrier in 2017 Green Rankings
(United Airlines) United Airlines ranked number one among global carriers in Newsweek's 2017 Global 500 Green Rankings, one of the most recognized environmental performance assessments of the world's largest publicly traded companies. United placed 59th among 500 U.S. brands and 100th among 500 global
January 15, 2018 Read Full Article
Environmental Groups Criticise ICAO over Lack of CORSIA Transparency and Threat to Biofuel Sustainability Criteria
(GreenAir Online) ICAO has come under fire from two environmental groups over a perceived lack of transparency on decisions concerning its CORSIA global carbon offsetting scheme and fears that sustainability criteria for the use of biofuels qualifying under the scheme are
November 30, 2017 Read Full Article
States Agree Not to Set Targets as ICAO Unveils Its Long-Term Vision on Sustainable Aviation Fuels Deployment
(GreenAir Online) ICAO concluded its second Conference on Aviation and Alternative Fuels (CAAF/2) held in Mexico City with an agreement on a long-term vision for the development, production and supply of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) through to 2050. Delegates from Member
November 13, 2017 Read Full Article
Marketing Sustainability: How Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) Are Planning to Take Flight
By Michael Eggleston* (Advanced Biofuels USA) Flying in Formation: Since the first test flight almost 10 years ago, there have been over 40,000 commercial flights supported by four international airports supplying SAFs. Michael Gill, Executive Director of the cross-industry Air
October 19, 2017 Read Full Article
Carbon Offsetting Can Play an Important Role in Achieving Airlines' Climate Goals, Says Study, but Finds Low Level of Understanding
(GreenAir Online) ... “The key message of our paper is really to understand that carbon offsets play an important role in addressing climate change, but not in the sense that they make emissions ‘go away’ in some miraculous manner, but that
October 02, 2017 Read Full Article
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest), explaining how international efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of aviation that focus on cheap offsets accomplish exactly the opposite: "We do need change. Right now, we’re leasing public land at absurdly low rates so that
June 22, 2017 Read Full Article
Explosive New ICCT Report Says “Offsets” Will Dominate “Alternative Fuels” in Aviation
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) “Bulk of aviation emissions reductions will be achieved through carbon offsets,” not fuels, writes ICCT Slow scale-up foreseen for biofuels Challenges in feedstock costs Carbon pricing too little, too late The fatal distortion lies in petroleum
June 22, 2017 Read Full Article
CORSIA Aviation Carbon Emissions Scheme Must Learn Lessons from UN's Flawed Offset Mechanism, Says Study
(GreenAir Online) While ICAO deliberates over rules concerning what offsets should be eligible under its carbon scheme for international aviation, a study prepared for the European Commission concludes the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has fundamental flaws in terms of
April 28, 2017 Read Full Article
Strategic Decisions on EU Aviation Biofuel Deployment Urgently Required to Overcome Cost Obstacle
(GreenAir Online) Despite efficiency improvements and a global agreement to stabilise carbon emissions from international aviation at 2020 levels, due to rapid growth in the sector there is likely to be a gap of 232 million tonnes of CO2 between 2020
March 28, 2017 Read Full Article
Introducing Biochar: Climate Change Solution or Greenwash Nightmare?
by Steve Horn (DeSmog) After years of investigating biochar, which promoters have touted as a potential climate change fix, DeSmog is releasing its findings on the science, claims, and controversy surrounding this approach to sequestering carbon. Biochar is the product of plant or animal products (biomass) undergoing
March 27, 2017 Read Full Article
Government Policy Action Is Key to the Large-Scale Deployment of Aviation Biofuels, Hears ICAO Seminar
(GreenAir Online) Although sustainable alternative fuels are key to meeting the aviation sector’s long-term emissions goals, supportive government policies are required to bring these fuels to global deployment. This was a central theme of last week’s ICAO Seminar on Alternative
February 24, 2017 Read Full Article
Opinion: Why ICAO’s Emissions Deal Will Not Make A Difference
by Jens Flottau (Aviation Week) When the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) announced in early October that its general assembly had reached agreement on the Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (Corsia), the international aviation community was full
October 24, 2016 Read Full Article
U.S. Signs On to Global Agreement Capping Aviation Emissions
(OurEnergyPolicy.org) The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) finalized an agreement to cap the aviation industry’s CO2 emissions at 2020 levels. Due to the cross-border nature of aviation, this sector, which is responsible for 2 percent of all GHG emissions globally,
October 18, 2016 Read Full Article
FACT SHEET: 191 Countries Reach a Global Climate Deal for International Aviation
(The White House) Today, in Montreal, Canada, 191 countries decided to adopt a global market-based measure to reduce carbon emissions from international aviation at the 39th Assembly meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Today’s action builds on last
October 07, 2016 Read Full Article
Can the Aviation Industry Finally Clean up Its Emissions?
by John Vidal (The Guardian) With biofuel potential limited and emissions rising, the need for industry to act is urgent. Hopes rest on a global UN carbon offset scheme to be negotiated at the ICAO summit this week - but
September 30, 2016 Read Full Article
The High-Flown Fantasy of Aviation Biofuels
by Almuth Ernsting (Biofuelwatch/The Biomass Monitor) ... As far as Branson and his airline, Virgin Atlantic, were concerned, the flight was indeed no more than a stunt: The “biofuel test flight” burned 95% ordinary kerosene and just 5% biofuels, made from
September 12, 2016 Read Full Article
ICAO Carbon Offsetting Scheme Moves a Step Closer to Agreement as Council Releases Final Draft Resolution Text
(GreenAir Online) ICAO’s 36-State governing Council has released final draft text of a Resolution to be put before the UN agency’s triennial Assembly later this month on a global market-based measure (GMBM) aimed at keeping global net CO2 emissions from
September 05, 2016 Read Full Article
A4E Calls on Governments to Support the UN’s Global Scheme to Reduce Airline Carbon Emissions
(AviationBenefits.org) Coinciding with the presentation of the European Commission’s “European Strategy for Low-Emission Mobility”, A4E sets out its priorities on environmental policy. A4E calls on all governments to support the United Nations’ proposed carbon offset scheme to ensure the airline industry
July 25, 2016 Read Full Article
Persuading Governments to Adopt Global Carbon Scheme Would Be One of IATA's Greatest Achievements, Says Walsh
(GreenAir Online) he new Chairman of IATA’s Board of Directors and CEO of International Airlines Group, Willie Walsh, told the media at the conclusion of last week’s AGM in Dublin that he was of “the firm belief” ICAO states will
June 20, 2016 Read Full Article
Sufficient Supply of High Quality Carbon Credits and Sustainable Fuels to Meet Aviation CO2 Goals, Finds Study
(GreenAir Online) A study commissioned by WWF finds airlines could meet most of their carbon-neutral growth (CNG) requirements during the 2020-2035 period even if they focus on buying carbon credits for which there is both a high confidence in greenhouse
June 20, 2016 Read Full Article
Carbon Offset Trading – Managing Risk in a Time of Regulatory Uncertainty
by Joshua Belcher and David McCullough (Sutherland Asbill & Brennan/Biofuels Digest) Over the past decade, the market for carbon offsets has waxed and waned with the likelihood of a mandatory greenhouse gas reduction program being passed into law. Carbon offsets
October 26, 2015 Read Full Article
Study Finds a Carbon Gap of 220 Million Tonnes in 2023 Will Require Offsetting by the Airline Industry
(GreenAir Online) Even with improvements in aircraft technology, airline efficiencies and operational improvements, together with the introduction of biofuels, there will be a sizeable carbon gap between commercial aviation forecasts and industry targets by 2023, according to a study by consultancy
October 31, 2014 Read Full Article
Colonialism and the Green Economy: Villagers Defy Pressure to Forfeit Farms for Carbon-Offset
by Daniel C Marotta and Jennifer Coute-Marotta (Truthout) All names are fictitious as sources requested anonymity out of fear of retaliation. Anonymity and people's requests that no pictures be taken were prerequisites for attaining interviews. No one wanted to go
January 14, 2013 Read Full Article
Carbon Offsetting Rather than Emissions Trading Becoming Favoured Route as ICAO Looks towards a Global Scheme
(GreenAirOnline) As ICAO expert groups continue their work on a global market-based approach to limiting the growth of international aviation emissions, it is beginning to emerge that carbon offsetting, rather than emissions trading, is the favoured option for States and
November 08, 2012 Read Full Article
Carbon Credits Gone Awry: Coolant Companies Raise Output of Harmful Gas
By Elisabeth Rosenthal and Andrew W. Lehren (The New York Times) ...But where the United Nations envisioned environmental reform, some manufacturers of gases used in air-conditioning and refrigeration saw a lucrative business opportunity. They quickly figured out that they could earn one carbon
August 09, 2012 Read Full Article
KLM Biofuel Flight to Rio Takes off as Innovative Programme Is Launched to Involve Global Corporations in Aviation Biofuels
(GreenAirOnline) As a KLM Boeing 777-200 was readied for yesterday’s longest-ever commercial biofuel flight from Amsterdam to Rio de Janeiro, KLM and aviation biofuel supplier SkyNRG announced a new programme that will involve global corporations in participating in the development
June 27, 2012 Read Full Article
Carbon Corner: A New Commodity Futures Contract with a Carbon Twist
by Dawson Williams (Carbon Advisory Services/Biofuels Digest) ...It may be not so long in coming considering the volumes of biotech crops and their lower energy footprints. Should there be a new commodity contract that captures the market value of these
March 07, 2011 Read Full Article
CARBON CORNER: New Carbon Opportunities Coming to Market for Agriculture
by Dawson Williams and Rick Gilmore (GIC Group/Biofuels Digest) ...The Climate Action Reserve (CAR), which was chartered by state legislation in California in 2001, has just proposed three new agriculture related offset categories, including: cropland management, nutrient (fertilizer) management, and rice
November 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Paying More for Flights Eases Guilt, Not Emissions
by Elizabeth Rosenthal (New York Times) In 2002 Responsible Travel became one of the first travel companies to offer customers the option of buying so-called carbon offsets to counter the planet-warming emissions generated by their airline flights. But last month