Archive for May, 2008
Friday, May 16th, 2008
Richard Branson is really moving up on my list: first raising awareness and plunking lots of research dollars into aviation and climate change, and now sponsoring a major marathon! According to runblogrun, Virgin is sponsoring the 2010 London Marathon, which is one of 5 marathons in the world marathon majors.
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
With the re-opening of Terminal 2 at SFO in 2010, the airport will add 14 gates with hopes to continue growing traffic. To head off environmental concerns with this increase in traffic, the airport is already looking at some environmentally-friendly plans: mandated use of ground power for aircraft at gates, ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
San Diego airport is implementing on-airport strategies to reduce GHG emissions, according to this article. The measures include alternative fuel airport shuttles, ground power for aircraft while at a gate, and "green" maintenance where possible. This is a really interesting development along the lines of airports playing a large role ...
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