Agreement on airline emissions standard delayed for more research
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Industry-wide standards understandably take a long time to develop, but this timetable is exacerbated by airlines that are more concerned with profits than environmental sustainability.
Airline industry agreement on a standard measure of aircraft greenhouse-gas emissions may be delayed at least a year for more research, according to the International Civil Aviation Organization.
ICAO’s Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection proposed using a plane’s maximum take-off weight, or MTOW, to help gauge aircraft emissions and efficiency, the Montreal-based regulatory body said in July. The ICAO council was expected to approve the system this year, it
