Health

Order of the Supreme Court regarding disinfection of aircraft with passengers on-board, 29/11/2019

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Interglobe Aviation Limited Vs Union of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Secretary & Others dated 29/11/2019 regarding disinfecting of aircraft with passengers on-board.

Judgement Date: 
29/11/2019
Tags:
Air Transport, Infectious Diseases, Insecticide, Vector Borne Diseases, Health Effects, India, Supreme Court
Climate Change

Marginal climate and air quality costs of aviation emissions

Aviation emissions have been found to cause 5% of global anthropogenic radiative forcing and ~16 000 premature deaths annually due to impaired air quality. When aiming to reduce these impacts, decision makers often face trade-offs between different emission species or impacts in different times and locations.

Publication Date: 
08/11/2019
Carla Grobler, Philip J Wolfe, Kingshuk Dasadhikari & et al
Environmental Research Letters
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Tags:
Air Pollution, Climate Change, Air Transport, Climate Impacts, Ozone, PM 2.5
Climate Change

Offset credit supply potential for CORSIA

The International Civil Aviation Organisation is in the process of finalising the design of a scheme – the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) – to address carbon dioxide emissions from international aviation.

Publication Date: 
05/11/2019
German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt)
Tags:
Carbon Offset, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Air Transport, Carbon Dioxide
Transport

Economic incentives for fuel efficiency under a U.S. aircraft CO2 standard

To address the danger that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from aircraft pose to public health and welfare, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is set to propose an aircraft CO2 emissions standard.

Publication Date: 
08/10/2019
Anastasia Kharina, Dan Rutherford
International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)
Tags:
Fuel Efficiency, Air Transport, Carbon Dioxide, Green House Gases, United States Of America (US)
Transport

CO2 emissions from commercial aviation, 2018

This working paper details and analyzes a global, transparent, and geographically allocated carbon dioxide emissions inventory for commercial aviation for calendar year 2018.

Publication Date: 
19/09/2019
Brandon Graver, Kevin Zhang, Dan Rutherford
International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)
Tags:
Air Transport, Fuel Efficiency, Carbon Dioxide, Emissions Inventory
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding noise pollution from IGI Airport, Delhi, 18/09/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Society for Protection of Culture, Heritage, Environment, Traditions and Promotion of National Awareness Vs Union of India & Others dated 18/09/2019. The Execution Application seeks enforcement of NGT order dated November 24, 2017. According to the applicants who were residents of Vasant Kunj, New Delhi in absence of adequate mitigation measures, there was unchecked noise pollution on the runway at Indira Gandhi International Airport affecting the inhabitants.

Judgement Date: 
18/09/2019
Tags:
Air Transport, Noise Pollution, Delhi, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Noise Pollution Control, Court, Air Pollution Control, CNG
Transport

U.S. domestic airline fuel-efficiency ranking 2017-2018

This study assesses the fuel efficiency of U.S. airlines on domestic operations in 2017 and 2018. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) increased 10% and departures increased by 4% from 2016 to 2018. Fuel efficiency in terms of RPMs per gallon of fuel consumed improved by 3%.

Publication Date: 
12/09/2019
Xinyi Sola Zheng, Brandon Graver, Dan Rutherford
International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)
Tags:
Fuel Efficiency, Air Transport, Fuel Economy Standards, United States Of America (US), Carbon Dioxide
Environment

Vistara to stop giving 200ml plastic water bottles to flyers

Vistara will stop giving plastic water bottles on board its flights, in a bid to reduce plastic usage.

Publication Date: 
25/07/2019
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Plastics, Non-Biodegradable Waste, Air Transport, Environment
Environment

Centre's green nod for expansion of runway at Jammu airport

The Centre has given environment clearance for the expansion of runway at the Jammu Airport which will entail an investment of Rs 92 crore, a senior government official said Monday.

Publication Date: 
23/07/2019
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment Clearance (EC), Jammu (T), Air Transport, Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Environment
Health

Order of the Supreme Court regarding disinfection of aircrafts through the process of fumigation, 02/07/2019

Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of Interglobe Aviation Limited Vs Union of India dated 02/07/2019 regarding disinfection of aircrafts through the process of fumigation.

Judgement Date: 
02/07/2019
Tags:
Air Transport, Health Effects, Sanitation, Micro Organisms, India, Government Of India (GOI), Supreme Court

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