Despite what airlines promise, carbon offsets and sustainable fuels won’t negate the heavy environmental cost of air travel. by Jake Bittle This article originally appeared on VICE US. Last month, just weeks after climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time’s Person of the Year, JetBlue announced that it would go carbon neutral on all its
‘Worse Than Anyone Expected’: Air Travel Emissions Vastly Outpace Predictions
The findings put pressure on airline regulators to take stronger action to fight climate change as they prepare for a summit next week. Aircraft preparing to take off at Heathrow Airport.Credit…Steve Parsons/PA Images, via Getty Images By Hiroko Tabuchi Greenhouse gas emissions from commercial air travel are growing at a faster clip than predicted in previous,
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Did Sea-Tac’s Third Runway Change Our Climate?
Last week the Seattle Times had a front page story about the Northwest becoming warmer and wetter based on recently updated climate statistics at Seattle-Tacoma Airport. But can we use one observing site to reliably determine region climate trends? In my previous blog I noted that this is a real problem: one site is not necessarily representative