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Next thing you know there'll be tree-huggers chained to your prop.(BRIEFING)(greenhouse gas pollution control in aircrafts)(Brief article)
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February 1, 2008
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is being flooded with petitions from various sources to curb greenhouse-gas pollution from aircraft. While the called-for measures are mostly aimed at airlines and large aircraft, general aviation is not likely to escape scrutiny (especially since avgas still contains the "L" word). The petitions are the first step in a process that requires the EPA to evaluate the ...
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ATTORNEY GENERAL BLUMENTHAL JOINS MULTI-STATE PETITION URGING FEDERAL...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
December 5, 2007 ;
350 words
......Protection (EPA) calling for regulation of aircraft emissions. Blumenthal said aircraft emissions are a vital concern in Connecticut - particularly...emissions of greenhouse gases from aircraft. Aircraft emissions contribute 3 percent of the country's total...
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The sky's the limit - Aircraft emissions.
The Economist (US);
June 10, 2006 ;
787 words
......Rolls-Royce, the makers of the aircraft's Trent 900 engines. Rolls-Roy...below. And that is just one aircraft. In 20 years, Airbus reckons...soon be used to help curb aircraft emissions. Frequent flyers, free...flights. Even though today's aircraft are about 70% more efficient...July on a ...
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Probing emissions of military Cargo aircraft: description of a joint field...
Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association;
June 1, 2008 ;
Cheng, Meng-Dawn Corporan, Edwin DeWitt, Matthew J. Spicer, Chester W. Holdern, Michael W. Cowen, Kenneth A. Laskin, Alex Harris, Davld B. Shores, Richard C. Kagann, Robert Hashmonay, Ram;
787 words
......into the upper atmosphere. Aircraft emissions in middle and upper altitudes...emissions; mobile sources and aircraft emissions are major contributors to particulate...characterized. Lack of military aircraft emissions data is a significant issue...
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Aircraft Pollution Is Not `Minimal'
The Washington Post;
April 27, 1994 ;
329 words
......to air emissions from aircraft out of National and Dulles...amount of pollution from aircraft engines (carbon monoxide...conclusion that the impact of aircraft emissions is minimal. This methodology...a low reading for the aircraft, because a new engine...air pollution from the ...
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States, Cities and Environmental Groups Urge EPA to Reduce Global Warming...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
December 5, 2007 ;
787 words
......evaluate the current impacts of aircraft emissions, seek public comment and develop rules to reduce aircraft emissions or explain why it will not...contribute to the warming impacts of aircraft emissions. Moreover, the persistent formation...
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California Professor Says Aircraft Emissions May Fuel Global Warming.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
October 27, 1999 ;
Brennan, Pat;
787 words
......News Oct. 26 -- Aircraft exhaust could help...government controls on aircraft emissions and new, fuel-efficient aircraft designs may be...The notion that aircraft might contribute...interpretation of aircraft emissions data is much like...
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CARIBIC--civil aircraft for global measurement of trace gases and aerosols...
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;
October 1, 1999 ;
Brenninkmeijer, C A M; Crutzen, P J; Fischer, H; Gusten, H; Et al;
787 words
......in a one-ton-capacity aircraft freight container positioned...the operational Civil Aircraft for Remote Sensing and...the growing fleet of aircraft, reliable impact assessments...1994). Clearly, not only aircraft emissions affect the chemistry...irregular flights on research aircraft ...
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AN ESTIMATION OF AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS AT TURKISH AIRPORTS
Journal of Air Transportation;
May 1, 2005 ;
Kesgin, Ugur;
787 words
......Nevertheless, the unique location of aircraft emissions in the upper atmosphere and...emissions (Schumann, 2000). Aircraft emissions are likely to have their greatest...the atmospheric effects of aircraft emissions has become increasingly important...
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AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS AN ISSUE
United Press International;
November 10, 1998 ;
315 words
......International 11-10-1998 Aircraft emissions an issue LONDON, Nov. 10...scientific panel will warn that aircraft emissions cause nearly three times...undermined by increasing aircraft pollution. The scientists...water vapor, produced in aircraft exhausts, significantly...
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ENVIRONMENT: AIRCRAFT TRAILS THREATEN CLIMATE
Inter Press Service English News Wire;
June 9, 1999 ;
787 words
......06-09-1999 GENEVA, Jun. 8 (IPS) -- Aircraft emissions are changing the concentration...approximately 100 years, meaning that aircraft emissions cannot be distinguished from...compared to an atmosphere without aircraft emissions. The IPCC predicted the ozone...
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GAO STUDY LINKS AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS TO GLOBA; WARMNG
Capitol Hill Press Releases;
February 22, 2000 ;
409 words
......22, 2000 GAO STUDY LINKS AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS TO GLOBAL WARMING WASHINGTON...number of reasons: - Jet aircraft emissions are deposited directly...primary gas emitted by jet aircraft engines is carbon dioxide...guide the development of new aircraft engine technology. It also...
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US opposed to EU proposal on aircraft emissions.(Brief article)
Airline Industry Information;
May 14, 2007 ;
86 words
......trading initiative. If implemented, the proposal would require airlines flying into the EU to pay a premium for aircraft emissions. Commenting on the plan, Peters said: We do intend to push back very hard on the EU on this, Reuters reported...
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Arthur Raymond.(aircraft designer)(Obituary)
The Economist (US);
April 10, 1999 ;
787 words
...Arthur Emmons Raymond, aircraft designer, died on March 22nd, aged 99 THERE is...minds of aviation enthusiasts, a pantheon of great aircraft. It might include the Mosquito, an aircraft with a wooden body which outflew everything in the...
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INTERNATIONAL ACTION ON AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS AND NOISE.
European Report;
October 30, 1999 ;
183 words
......contribution to climate change from aircraft emissions and include a timetable for the introduction...between the EU and the United States on aircraft noise do not undermine the Community Regulation phasing in a ban on old aircraft fitted with hushkits.
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Coming down without a bump: air safety. (need for a new standard for...
The Economist (US);
August 19, 1995 ;
781 words
...WHEN an aircraft starts to descend, passengers' stomachs...has to be very good. The ILS enables aircraft to land even when weather conditions...directly into the flight computer so that an aircraft can land itself. The ILS signals come...
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