Wednesday-Night

AIRSHIP
George Monbiot in The Guardian
If there is a God, he’s not green. Otherwise airships would take off
Many will cite the Hindenburg, but flying without harming the planet is possible. These craft are worth developing
Of all the charges levelled against environmentalists, perhaps the most unfair is the accusation that we are opposed to technological […]

April 28, 2008
Thanks to Ron Robertson for forwarding this thoughtful piece that addresses the problems of NAFTA and offers intelligent solutions. We hope that it will ’stir the pot’ and elicit further comments. We have only one question: is it realistic to think that the respective bodies would pass the necessary legislation? We […]

THE AVIATION AND CARBON MARKETS

EVENT OF THE YEAR
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, will be holding a unique Workshop on Aviation and Carbon Markets on 18/19 June 2008 and has the pleasure to invite your company to be part of this […]

April 18
Bush’s CO2 Plan Is “Neanderthal” - German Minister
(Planet Ark) BERLIN - US President George W Bush’s plan to halt a rise in US greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 could undermine, rather than support, efforts to combat climate change, German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel said.
April 16
Bush Sets Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goal
WASHINGTON — President Bush called […]

This Wednesday, it is a somewhat random-access agenda. Despite (or perhaps because of) our careful monitoring of topics of interest, we find that many are in the category of “been there, done that” too recently and there is little obvious progress in the files. However, there are others that have been somewhat neglected in […]

The disastrous events at Terminal 5 should be looked at in the light of an earlier (March 12) declaration from IATA:
Failure: UK Economic Regulation of Airports
Geneva - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) blasted as a failure the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority’s decision to allow costs at London airports to rise by a massive […]

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Airlines Cut Profit Outlook 10% on Fuel, U.S. Economy
By John Hughes and Andrea Rothman
April 1 (Bloomberg) — Airline profits worldwide will be 10 percent lower than the industry’s previous 2008 forecast as fuel costs rise and the U.S. economy slows, a trade group said.
Carriers will earn a collective net profit of $4.5 billion, […]

February 13, 2008
(The Guardian) Leaked UN report says pollution three times higher than previously thought
The true scale of climate change emissions from shipping is almost three times higher than previously believed, according to a leaked UN study seen by the Guardian.
It calculates that annual emissions from the world’s merchant fleet have already reached 1.12bn tonnes […]