ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The prolonged grounding of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner has forced some airlines to seek alternative arrangements, including renting other planes to fill gaps for the upcoming busy summer travel season.
A report published in the journal Climate Change says airlines could help delay the melting of polar ice by diverting flights from the Arctic Circle, the main source of pollution in the region, The New York Times.
President Barack Obama signed a bill that protects U.S. airlines from complying with European Union carbon emission fees into law despite objections from environmentalists, The Hill reports.
The United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization is set to develop a market-based policy to reduce carbon emissions from aircraft when it meets in Oct. 2013, Bloomberg reports.
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., co-sponsor of a bill to block European Union carbon emissions fees for American airlines, is hopeful that President Obama will sign the bill into law, The Hill reports.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress on Tuesday stepped in to protect U.S. airlines from having to pay into a European Union program to cut emissions that its critics say is unilateral and illegal.
House action to pass the bill came a day after the EU, facing protests from numerous countries and a possible trade war, said it was postponing enforcement for non-EU airlines.
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., the sponsor of a bill that would bar U.S. airlines from being forced to trade carbon emissions, spoke in support of the European Union's decision to delay such carbon emission trading for European airlines, The Hill reports.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission on Monday proposed freezing the imposition of carbon emission charges on non-EU flights for a year, a move that could prevent an international airline dispute from turning into a global trade war.
NEW YORK (AP) — From Washington to Boston, big cities and small towns were buttoned up Monday against the onslaught of a superstorm that threatened 50 million people in the most heavily populated corridor in the nation, with forecasters warning that the New York area could get the worst of it — an 11-foot wall of water.
The Environmental Defense Fund says the European Union's airline emissions trading program has reduced emissions and "sparked innovation" in other industries, The Hill reports.
House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said the House Energy Action Team has discussed renewable energy as part of energy legislation that could attract Democratic support, National Journal reports.
Rep. Lois Capps, D-Calif., and other Democrats introduced a bill that would require the federal government to develop a strategy to respond to the health risks of climate change, The Hill reports.
Republican lawmakers sent a letter to Acting EPA Administrator Bob Perciasepe comparing the agency's information request procedures to the IRS's targeting of conservative groups, The Hill reports.
European Union Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said the EU would review the potential risks and benefits of hydraulic fracturing this year, Reuters reports.
Federal plans to rebuild shorelines demolished by Hurricane Sandy have high costs, could threaten the environment and have high upkeep costs, The New York Times reports.
Though water supplies are plentiful, the surge of hydraulic fracturing in North Dakota has prompted a battle between water providers and a government-back cooperative over who should supply water for the process, Reuters reports.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's experimental study of nuclear fusion as an energy source will close within a year after a cut in federal funding, The Boston Globe reports.
Environmental activists called on Organizing for Action, the political group built from President Obama's campaign, to press the administration against approving the Keystone XL pipeline, Politico reports.
