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A bipartisan group of members of the House of Representatives introduced HR 2594, the EU ETS Prohibition Act, which would make compliance with the European aviation emissions trading system illegal. The bill is being introduced by the following members of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, who have collectively received over $2 million from the … Continue reading
Debi Wagner is a Seattle airport neighbor, and a community activist who worked against the expansion of SEA-TAC airport. She’s the author of Over My Head, a memoir of 17 years doing airport environmental justice work. “Aviation Justice means to me just what the word justice implies. There are certain people singled out for abuse. … Continue reading
With a stretch of Los Angeles’ 405 freeway closed this weekend, JetBlue thought they’d get a PR win by offering cheap $4 flights between Burbank and Long Beach airports. But the news was overshadowed by their defeat in a nationally-followed race between four modes of transportation: bike, metro + foot, rollerblade, and plane + taxi. … Continue reading
Santa Monica Airport neighbors group Concerned Residents Against Airport Pollution has endorsed Janice Hahn for Congress in California’s 36th District, in a very closely-watched election race. The text of the endorsement cites Hahn’s willingness to address issues around noise fumes, and highlights her decision to sign a four-point pledge on airport policy issues. Hahn’s website also … Continue reading
Hari Kondabolu is a stand-up comic from New York. From Kondabolu’s Comedy Central special: “I was on a plane recently; I was reading the in-flight magazine. The in-flight magazine for that particular trip was an environmental issue. I was reading about the environment while sitting on a pollution machine that can fly. The first article’s … Continue reading
About 150 diamondback terrapin turtles occupied runway 4L at New York’s Kennedy airport today for several hours as they searched for a beach to lay their eggs. The Wall Street Journal reports: “We ceded to Mother Nature,” said Ron Marsico, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the … Continue reading
About a hundred students and community members rallied against the expansion of Philadelphia International Airport, according to a report in the Delaware County Daily Times. Students organized a group called Save Our Swamps (S.O.S.), to prevent the demolition of 72 homes and 80 business, and the filling in of 23 acres of waterways and 24.5 … Continue reading
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica The Transportation Security Administration says its full-body X-ray scanners are safe and that radiation from a scan is equivalent to what’s received in about two minutes of flying. The company that makes them says it’s safer than eating a banana. But some scientists with expertise in imaging and cancer say the … Continue reading
The Aviation Justice Express tour this October will bring with it an American prerelease copy of Just Do It, a documentary about the British climate direct action movement, which was just released in the UK. Watch the trailer, and a snippet about a spinoff Heathrow-area community garden project:
What’s the carbon footprint of US federal government agencies’ air business travel? The Council on Environmental Quality just released the tally of federal agencies’ greenhouse gas emissions for fiscal year 2010, and we pulled out air travel data: 5.2% of reported emissions came from air business travel — that’s 3.4 million metric tons of CO2 … Continue reading
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