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2026-01-08Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Climate Promise, Legal Structure, and the Community Gap
Legal analysis from Steve Taber @ Leech Tishman examining how Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) addresses climate goals through federal tax incentives and production targets, while highlighting the gap between SAF’s global climate benefits and local community impacts like noise and air quality that remain unaddressed. -
2025-04-03Green Methanol: A Deep Dive into the Alternative Marine Fuel
By Jack Winterhalter, Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellow Fuel burned by oceangoing vessels — large ships that carry marine cargo and passengers around the world — contributes about 3% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally. Most oceangoing vessels in operation use petroleum-based fossil fuels that release greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants that -
2024-05-14
‘Magical thinking’: hopes for sustainable jet fuel not realistic, report finds
IPS report says replacement fuels well off track to replace kerosene within timeframe needed to avert climate disaster Hopes that replacement fuels for airplanes will slash carbon pollution are misguided and support for these alternatives could even worsen the climate crisis, a new report has warned. There is currently “no realistic or scalable alternative” to -
Greenwashing – the deceptive tactics behind environmental claims
Greenwashing presents a significant obstacle to tackling climate change. By misleading the public to believe that a company or other entity is doing more to protect the environment than it is, greenwashing promotes false solutions to the climate crisis that distract from and delay concrete and credible action. Greenwashing manifests itself in several ways – -
2024-05-11Read this, to start understanding the ‘Greener Skies’ fraud
The 'Greener Skies' program, approved by the FAA in late 2012 and promoted by the FAA and Port of Seattle, promised to dramatically reduce aircraft noise near Sea-Tac Airport by routing more than half of all arrivals over Elliott Bay, far from residential areas. Critics argue the program was fundamentally flawed and never delivered on its promises, as air traffic controllers rarely use the Elliott Bay routes due to the need to merge east- and west-side arrival streams. FAA and industry's own data are cited as evidence that the program amounted to an environmental fraud, with concentrated flight paths continuing to impact west-side communities while east-side routes were never given equivalent precision procedures. -
2024-05-08Farm To Fly: Greenwashing at your expense
Proposal would subsidize farmers to grow crops to create aviation fuel The Farm To Fly Act is the most basic reason STNI has never endorsed so-called sustainable aviation fuels. In theory, aviation fuels created exclusively from scrap biomass may pollute less and might create fewer greenhouse gases than fossil fuels. However, the amount of such available material -
2024-05-01Greenwashing the Skies: How the Private Jet Lobby Uses “Sustainable Aviation Fuels” as a Marketing Ploy
A May 2024 report by the Institute for Policy Studies argues that the private jet industry uses 'Sustainable Aviation Fuels' (SAF) as a marketing tool to deflect criticism of its environmental impact, rather than as a genuine climate solution. The report finds that SAF is often not truly sustainable, is limited in supply, comes at high cost, and has been shaped by industry lobbying to weaken meaningful standards. The authors recommend stronger fuel taxes, transparency requirements, bans on short-hop flights, and greater investment in public transportation as more effective alternatives. -
Airlines, farm groups urge crop-based aviation fuel in farm bill
By Marc Heller | 04/24/2024 01:40 PM EDT Organizations asked Agriculture Committee leaders in Congress to include incentives for sustainable aviation fuel in the upcoming farm bill. Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) is leading legislation on sustainable aviation fuel that groups want included in the farm bill. Francis Chung/POLITICO Commercial airlines and biofuel industry groups pressed key lawmakers Wednesday -
2023-12-08Cooking oil just fueled a transatlantic flight. But is it a solution or a distraction?
Virgin Atlantic completed the first transatlantic commercial flight powered entirely by Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), made primarily from used cooking oil, flying from London Heathrow to New York JFK. While supporters say SAF can cut emissions by over 90% compared to conventional jet fuel and works with existing aircraft, critics argue it is a greenwashing effort due to limited fuel supply and potential land-use conflicts. SAF currently makes up less than 1% of global jet fuel and costs roughly three times more than conventional fuel, leaving its large-scale viability uncertain. -
A greenwashing lawsuit against Delta aims to set a precedent
By KENDRA PIERRE-LOUIS Bloomberg As tranquil instrumental music plays over gauzy images of nature, a woman’s voice-over begins. “Isn’t it a paradox,” she wonders aloud, “that the love for this world that gets us out in it, sometimes leaves behind the things that can harm it? Flight by flight, we broaden our views. We gain