Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Tony Tyler, the head of the International Air Transport Association, talks about the impact of European Union emissions levies on Chinese airlines, and the outlook for the global aviation industry. China last week barred carriers from taking part in an EU emissions-trading system because of concerns it will raise costs and impinge on non-European governments' sovereignty. Tyler spoke with Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin yesterday in Singapore. (Source: Bloomberg)
Sunday, February 12, 2012
IATA Says China's Airlines Placed in 'Intolerable' Spot
Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Tony Tyler, the head of the International Air Transport Association, talks about the impact of European Union emissions levies on Chinese airlines, and the outlook for the global aviation industry. China last week barred carriers from taking part in an EU emissions-trading system because of concerns it will raise costs and impinge on non-European governments' sovereignty. Tyler spoke with Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin yesterday in Singapore. (Source: Bloomberg)
New Apple Office One Of The Largest Solar Data Centres In US
Apple, ranked the least green of the big tech companies earlier this year, is moving quietly to repair its reputation by switching its vast east coast data centre from coal to solar power. Local officials in North Carolina say the company is preparing to build a solar farm adjacent to its $1bn data centre in Maiden. The facility could help Apple recover from a Greenpeace report earlier this year which said its cloud-computing operations – run from centres such as the one in North Carolina – were heavily reliant on dirty energy such as coal.
USC sustainability office updates certification program
The USC Office of Sustainability has updated its Green Certification Program to make offices on campus more sustainable. For an office at USC to be certified, a member — known as a Green Office Leader — of the Office of Sustainability teaches office members how to be more environmentally friendly using an online calculator. The calculator has a checklist that examines an office’s sustainability level. The office can receive a bronze, silver, gold or platinum certification based on how many points it earns. The certification lasts two years and can then be re-certified.
Airlines seek UN help on EU emissions framework
It comes days after China banned its airlines from joining the scheme, which levies a charge on flights in EU airspace based on carbon emissions. Other nations such as the US and Canada have also opposed the plan. IATA said if not resolved quickly, the issue could hurt all parties involved. "I very much hope of course that we are not seeing the beginning of a trade war on this issue and eventually wiser counsels will prevail," said Tony Tyler, Director General of IATA.
EU flexible on resolving aviation CO2 row
SINGAPORE, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The European Union will not bow to pressure to suspend a controversial scheme to charge airlines for their carbon emissions, but is willing to be flexible in finding a solution to a row that threatens to escalate into a full-blown trade war.
Carbon tax is a spin windfall for PR and advertising firms
The bill for a Canberra advertising firm to undertake "brand and identity provision" has soared from $41,167 to $200,000 within months. With branding work for the department to continue until June, the opposition yesterday questioned why the department needed such services from an advertising company.
Educating Kentucky About Sustainable School Buildings
The High Performance Sustainable Schools Workshop addresses one of the strategies in Gov. Steve Beshear’s seven-point energy plan, “Intelligent Energy Choices for Kentucky’s Future” to offset Kentucky’s projected 2025 energy demand by 18 percent, in part, by providing an energy efficiency awareness and education program for school decision makers planning on building a new school or renovating an existing facility.
The role of bacteria in the largest carbon sink on the planet
SUMMIT COUNTY — As the upper layers of the ocean warm there will less mixing of water. Increased stratification will probably have a profound impact on microbes and plankton that pump carbon out of the atmosphere – but researchers say it’s still unclear whether these processes will increase global warming or decrease it.
Lower Bahamian Carbon Footprint
In 2010, the Bahamas imported more than 7.8 million barrels of oil and other petroleum products, spending nearly $700 million in the process. Now, the country is beginning to lower its oil consumption — and its carbon footprint. “The typical household in the Bahamas produces approximately one ton of carbon dioxide a year, through the consumption of petroleum products,” said Phenton Neymour, Minister of State for the Environment. And it’s no different for those visiting the country. “The carbon footprint of the average tourist visiting the Bahamas is not significantly less per day than that of residents,” he said. “The energy intensity of the Bahamas is relatively high.”
Mining sustainability crucial for Africa
Against the backdrop of a discernible new wave of resource nationalism worldwide, much of the discussion centred around the disparity between Africa's mineral potential and the benefits reaped from the mining sector to host communities and governments.
Sustainable energy sector key to economic growth
Carrying out a range of energy projects on priority basis vital to ensure availability, diversity and sustainability of energy resources in the country for the sustainable economic development.The government is working on multi-pronged strategy to overcome the existing energy crisis, with special focus on importing energy from energy-rich countries, exploiting country's own resources such as coal and hydel and develop permanent means for the judicious use of energy in the country.
UN deal called for to avert airline carbon trade war
SINGAPORE Feb 12 (Reuters) - Global airlines called on Sunday for a deal brokered by a United Nations agency to avoid an impasse between China and the European Union over jet pollution spilling into a trade war. China's decision to order its airlines not to join an EU carbon trading scheme, and the EU's refusal so far to back down on its plans, have wedged airlines between conflicting laws, the head of the International Air Transport Association said.
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