Articles tagged “biofuels”

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IDEAS: dnata Aims to Cut CO2 Emissions by 80 Tonnes with Switch to Biofuel in United Arab Emirates

Dnata has announced a new initiative designed to reduce its environmental footprint across its operations in the United Arab Emirates.  Credit: dnata The global air and travel services provider has announced that a number of the group's brands have switched their vehicles to run on a biofuel blend, which should save around 80 tonnes of…

Adam Stacey | 7 months ago

Airlines

Full Video: Delta, Air France-KLM and McKinsey Talk Sustainability at Skift Aviation Forum 2022 

Climate change risks taking a direction in years ahead that could endanger our grandchildren. This panel talk does a good job of capturing the current state of airline thinking about whether aviation will reduce its carbon emissions.

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

Full Video: Delta, Air France-KLM and McKinsey Talk Sustainability at Skift Aviation Forum 2022 

Airlines

Airlines Want Their Net Zero Pledges to Fly on More Than Fumes

Aviation is becoming a target for policymakers and climate emergency activists. Leaders from Delta, Air France-KLM, and McKinsey have highlighted some heartening ways to address the carbon reduction challenge.

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

Airlines Want Their Net Zero Pledges to Fly on More Than Fumes

Cruises

Norway’s CEO Evangelist for Electric Cruise Ships

Having seen the impact of climate change firsthand, Hurtigruten Group's Daniel Skjeldam is driven by a powerful motivation to innovate even if it means eating the associated higher costs of electricity-powered ships to drive the industry forward. Hopefully other cruise operators will come around.

Dawit Habtemariam | 1 year ago

Norway’s CEO Evangelist for Electric Cruise Ships

Airlines

Delta Air Lines Prepares Refinery to Process Biofuels to Cut Jet Fuel Costs

The airline industry's push to slash carbon emissions and reduce fuel costs is driving carriers such as Delta to take steps to increase their use of biofuels.

Laila Kearney and Laura Sanicola, Reuters | 2 years ago

Delta Air Lines Prepares Refinery to Process Biofuels to Cut Jet Fuel Costs

Airlines

Microsoft Invests in Jet Fuel Biorefinery

Another big name jumps on to the renewable fuel bandwagon for aviation. Let's hope Microsoft ups that $50 million ante real soon.

Laura Sanicola, Reuters | 2 years ago

Microsoft Invests in Jet Fuel Biorefinery

Airlines

Asian Airlines’ Biofuel Needs Spur Shell to Mull Building Singapore Plant

Shell's biofuel plans may be one small step of so many needed for humankind.

Florence Tan and Chen Aizhu, Reuters | 2 years ago

Airlines

Airlines Notch Early Win in Green Push With Proposed Tax Break for Biofuels

U.S. airlines may get the incentives they want for sustainable aviation fuels if Congressional Democrats get their way. But as always, the question is whether it can pass in the narrowly divided legislature.

David Shepardson and Stephanie Kelly, Reuters | 3 years ago

Airlines Notch Early Win in Green Push With Proposed Tax Break for Biofuels

Airlines

Airline CEOs Tell White House They Want Subsidies for Biofuels

U.S. airlines are in a good place to go asking for help: they have a terrible year of earnings behind them and an administration that looks kindly on biofuels.

David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski, Reuters | 3 years ago

Airline CEOs Tell White House They Want Subsidies for Biofuels

Hotels

No Escaping Climate Change for the Travel Industry Even When Covid-19 Becomes a Distant Memory

Masks, social distancing, and vaccines can't stop climate change. It isn't a competition to choose the most dire threat, climate change or Covid-19, because they are interrelated. But taking a long-term view, climate change will be an existential threat to the travel industry, and the world, even as coronavirus fades.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

No Escaping Climate Change for the Travel Industry Even When Covid-19 Becomes a Distant Memory