Archive for April, 2008

Port Authority & Carbon Offsets

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

The Port Authority of NY NJ is building a website where passengers can pay to offset their carbon emissions. I have tons of respect for PANYNJ -- they are undertaking the ambitious goal to reduce their GHG emissions by 80% by 2050 -- however, I am not a fan of ...

It’s like planting a tree with every flight

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Thanks to Evan Sparks's aviation policy blog I was alerted to FAA statements that carbon neutrality is within reach of the US aviation system (article here).  This is a very interesting claim and while I haven't crunched any numbers, questions I have is what is the scope of the system ...

A Dozen Reasons..

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

With all the talk over a gas tax holiday, I thought I would reference an excellent paper by Marty Wachs, titled "A Dozen Reasons to Raise the Gas Tax." Marty outlines 12 reasons to not only keep the gas tax but to raise it. My comment is that a gas tax ...