Fly the environmentally friendly skies.In June 2005, the British airline industry unveiled a 15-year initiative to make itself more environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] . The industry wants to improve its fuel efficiency, reduce perceived external noise, and lower carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. emissions on new planes by 50% and nitrogen oxide Noun 1. nitrogen oxide - any of several oxides of nitrogen formed by the action of nitric acid on oxidizable materials; present in car exhausts pollutant - waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil emissions by 80%. Also planned are ways to give travelers information on the amount of fuel used and pollutants pollutants see environmental pollution. emitted on routes that they travel. The industry may also prohibit foreign carriers from flying older, more-polluting aircraft into the United Kingdom. |
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