Travel Health & Environment Watch.Aug 20, 2007 Experts struggle with how to deal with aviation's climate impact and take us back to the stone age. Environmentalists are sounding the alarm: technological advances that make flying cleaner will be offset by the growth of the aviation industry, to the detriment to of the planet's climate. Experts are weighing the options: carbon permits, biofuels, higher taxes and cigarette-style health warnings. At least one protester is ready to scrap commercial aviation completely: "Aviation is a luxury we can live without," he says. Aug 17, 2007 Experts scrutinize aviation industry's impact on global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. . Aviation accounts for about 2% of world emissions of 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. , the main greenhouse gas greenhouse gas n. Any of the atmospheric gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect. greenhouse gas that many governments rely on for calculations. Recently, environmental experts have begun to scrutinize other related factors as well. While some speculate that projected passenger growth might cancel out Verb 1. cancel out - wipe out the effect of something; "The new tax effectively cancels out my raise"; "The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record" wipe out efficiency gains from modern aircraft, "Growth is going to continue, but it is complicated to estimate the effect of aviation on the climate," said one Oslo University professor. Aug 16, 2007 London Heathrow Airport “Heathrow” redirects here. For Heathrow, the village, see Heathrow, London. “LHR” redirects here. For other uses, see LHR (disambiguation). London Heathrow Airport or Heathrow (IATA: LHR, ICAO: EGLL Camp for Climate protesters have promised a [sup.3]campaign of civil disobedience civil disobedience, refusal to obey a law or follow a policy believed to be unjust. Practitioners of civil disobediance basing their actions on moral right and usually employ the nonviolent technique of passive resistance in order to bring wider attention to the [sup.2] as the movement gathers momentum for mass action this Sunday (August 19). The group has promised unspecified action, possibly against Heathrow, near to which it is currently camped out. Protesters have also demonstrated at Biggin Hill Coordinates: Biggin Hill is a place in the London Borough of Bromley in London, England. It lies on the Bromley to Westerham road (A233). RAF aerodrome It hosted the "Operations Room" for the Operation Crossbow V-1 flying bomb defense. and Farnborough Airports, apparently to voice opposition to private aviation. Aug 17, 2007 London Heathrow Airport Environmental activists protest at Heathrow. Climate change activists have set up camp near London's Heathrow Airport, prompting a warning by Prime Minister Gordon Brown that disrupting airport operations would be "unacceptable." Representatives for the activist group deny plans to interfere with planes taking off or landing but have planned a day of "direct action" for Sunday. Aug 14, 2007 ZZ Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new service that keeps travelers informed on flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Pyramid Media Group / Air Travel Media. All rights reserved. |
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