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Corporate Jetsetters Can be Carbon Offsetters

Posted by Environmental Leader on 18/11/2009

A new program from InJet, which offers private corporate jet services, will allow companies and individuals to offset the emissions of their flights.The InJet Green program, which is supported by TerraPass, allows customers to choose from different models of carbon offsetting, depending on the si ...

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Airbus ‘Sharklet’ Wingtip Design Reduces Fuel Use 3.5%

Posted by Environmental Leader on 16/11/2009

Airbus is developing new “Sharklet” wingtip devices for its A320 aircraft that are expected to cut fuel burn by 3.5 percent and reduce 730 metric tons of CO2 emissions per plane annually, reports AIN. This also translates into a fuel savings of $220,000 annually per aircraft, accordin ...

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ResponsibleTravel.com Scuttles Carbon Offsetting Option

Posted by Environmental Leader on 04/11/2009

One of the first travel agencies to give fliers the option to offset the carbon emissions of their flights has ceased offering the program, calling it a “medieval pardon.”Responsibletravel.com, a UK travel agency, had been offering the offsetting option since 2002. Now it believes the ...

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U.S. Airlines Lobby Feds to Oppose Global Aviation Emissions Tax

Posted by Environmental Leader on 03/11/2009

The Air Transport Association fired off a letter to Todd Stern, the U.S. Climate Change Envoy, requesting that the U.S. stand against a proposed global tax on aviation emissions.In the letter, the ATA states that the International Air Passenger Adaptation Levy (PDF), proposed by a set of countrie ...

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In First CSR Report, Deloitte Shows 1.3 Metric Tons of Emissions Per Employee

Posted by Environmental Leader on 27/10/2009

In its first-ever corporate sustainability report, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu reveals that it used more than 308 million kilowatt hours of electricity in 2008, or about 2.59 megawatt hours per employee.The company derived the above and below figures based on reporting from 15 large member firms, ou ...

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