Persistent contrails are an important climate impact of aviation which could potentially be reduced by re-routing aircraft to avoid contrailing; however this generally increases both the flight length and its corresponding CO$_{2}$ emissions. Here, we provide a simple framework to assess the trade-off between the climate impact of CO2 emissions and contrails for a single flight, in terms of the absolute global warming potential and absolute global temperature potential metrics for time horizons of 20, 50 and 100 years.

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh has urged the Union Finance ministry to give special stress on connectivity as well as development of hydro-power for rapid progress of the state.

The proposed Rs.2,000 crore KGS Aranmula international airport project in Kerala can go ahead if its promoters get the required environment clearance, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said Friday.

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) secretary Pazhakulam Madhu has called upon people’s representatives to review their stand on the proposed Aranmula airport in the wake of Wednesday’s judgme

The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday restrained KGS International Airport Ltd.

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Sreeranganathan K.P. Vs Union of India & Others dated 29/05/2014 regarding granting of Environmental Clearance to M/s. KGS Aranmula Air Port Ltd., to set up an airport at Mallappuzhasserry, Aranmula and Kidangannur villages in Kozencherry taluk of Pathanamthitta District, Kerala

The aim of this study was to investigate effects of long-term aircraft noise exposure on body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and Type 2 diabetes. Furthermore, the researchers explored the modifying effects of sleep disturbance

Singapore : Top Asian airlines are hedging a substantial portion of their jet fuel usage this year, a Reuters survey showed, signaling they expect prices of the fuel to be firm and indicating susta

The European Parliament on Thursday voted to exempt international flights from paying for their carbon emissions amid pressure from national governments to continue applying the measure to domestic

China will tighten environmental legislation and force polluters to pay compensation following renewed blasts of toxic air, the country's top legislator said on Sunday.

Zhang Dejiang said in a report to the ceremonial legislature's annual session that businesses were responsible for the environmental damage they caused and must be held to account. He said legal revisions were being prepared, but offered no specifics.

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