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- Rising global temperatures are loading the dice for more extreme weather.
- Environmental groups object to the Administration's opposing efforts by the European Union to reduce carbon pollution from the aviation sector.
- As Senators begin conference committee deliberations on the FAA reauthorization bill, EDF urges them to reject the House-passed “Sense of the Congress
- Timeline: The Long Road Toward Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Aviation Type: Fact Sheet
Date: November 12, 2008
The Long Road Toward Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Aviation - The EU’s law cutting carbon pollution from aviation is important – for the atmosphere, and for helping the U.S. economy. The law is fair. The law is f
- An Overview of Aviation and the European Union Emissions Trading System Type: Fact Sheet
Date: June 1, 2011
Left unregulated, emissions from the aviation sector are on pace to quadruple from 2005 levels by 2050. To address a portion of aviation’s growing emi - EDF response to the Air Transport Association of America regarding airlines' attempt to block a new European law that holds all airlines accountable f
- Letter to United, Continental Airlines CEO from Environmental Groups Type: Letter
Date: May 11, 2011
Objects to United/Continental Airlines lawsuit to block a new European law that holds all airlines accountable for their global warming pollution. - Objects to American Airlines lawsuit to block a new European law that holds all airlines accountable for their global warming pollution.
- Design of an airline-based emissions trading system for addressing greenhouse gas emissions from the international civil aviation sector.
- Proposed Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Standards for New Freight Trucks Type: Fact Sheet
Date: October 25, 2010
Historic Proposal for Standards for New Freight Trucks Will Save Oil, Money and Cut Global Warming Pollution - Highlights and comparisons of TSCA reform legislation.
- Portable guide to selecting eco-friendly fish.
- Report finds that diesel locomotive air pollution is linked to about 3,400 premature deaths and other serious health effects every year, and calls on
- Report designed to empower the private sector, public officials and ordinary citizens with the means to reduce harmful pollution from diesel engines.
- A national program to lower pollution from today's diesel engines will have extensive human health benefits that overwhelm the costs by at least 12 to
- Executive summary of report showing how a better, more modern system of handling New York City's garbage can cut the truck miles driven by more than h
- Environmental Life-Cycle Comparisons of Recycling, Landfilling, and Incineration Type: Report
Date: September 17, 1996
Annual Reviews article reviews and analyzes the major recent North American studies that have compared on an environmental basis the major options use - Emissions from Natural Gas Production in the Barnett Shale Area and Opportunities for Cost-Effective Improvements Type: Report
Date: January 26, 2009
The first comprehensive analysis of air emissions associated with natural gas and oil production in the Barnett Shale area finds that emissions can be
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