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Britons are keen to continue with low-carbon lifestyle choices adopted during lockdown, according to research by The University of Manchester and Cardiff University. Two wide-ranging surveys suggested lockdown had encouraged buying and traveling less, reduced energy...
EasyJet has become the first major airline in the world to operate net-zero carbon flights by offsetting the carbon emissions from the fuel used for all of its flights. British discount airliner easyJet redefined...
CO2-neutral synthetic fuels could one day replace fossil jet fuels. The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology recently had a breakthrough producing such a fuel using solar thermal energy. Aviation is one of the fastest...
Consumption-based emissions from nearly 100 of the world’s biggest cities represent 10 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research from C40 Cities. The new report, The Future of Urban Consumption...
No-frills airline Ryanair is now one of the top 10 carbon polluters in Europe, breaking into what had been a coal plants-only club until now. According to transport policy group Transport & Environment (T&E),...
Australian airline Qantas flew for the first time with biofuel from Los Angeles to Melbourne. The blended biofuel saved 18,000 kilograms in carbon emissions on the historic 15-hour, trans-Pacific flight. Barbara Barkhausen reports from...
Rising carbon emissions from global tourism will make it impossible to achieve the Paris climate targets, according to research from the Delft University of Technology. By 2100, the world’s population will be flying nine...
easyJet’s partner, the electric aircraft pioneer Wright Electric, is working towards zero-emission short flights within 20 years. But a fully electric commercial plane could be possible within a decade. easyJet and the U.S.-based Wright...
The solar-powered aircraft by SolarStratos completed its first test flight over Payerne, Switzerland. The ultra-light aircraft will one day be able to fly to the edge of space. The Payerne airfield in Switzerland was...
The Extra 330LE aerobatic plane has set new speed records with its propulsion system from Siemens. It is also the world’s first electric aircraft to tow a glider into the sky. Siemens has set...
Member states of the United Nations Civil Aviation Organisation have agreed on a new emissions standard to control global greenhouse gas emissions from international airline flights. The so-called Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for...
United Airlines invested USD 30 million in US-based alternative fuels developer Fulcrum BioEnergy, which converts municipal solid waste into sustainable aviation biofuel. It is the single largest investment by a US airline in alternative...
Aviation could become more environmentally friendly if airplanes choose flight paths that reduce the formation of their condensation trails, new research suggests. Researchers from the University of Reading have shown that aircraft contribute less...
