PROJECT EASY GREEN

Flying From Frankfurt to Hamburg, With or Without Biofuels, Hard to Justify on Environmental Grounds

2:20 pm in agriculture, air travel, alternative energy, aviation, biofuels, renewable energy by TreeHugger

photo: Marcus Bölt/Creative Commons Today is the day! As I reported last week Germany airline Lufthansa has now begun using biofuels on about one-third of its flights from Frankfurt to Hamburg. The fuel is supplied by Finland's Neste Oil and until now, apart from officially not containing palm oil (phew!), the...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Lufthansa Will Become First Airline Using Biofuels On A Commercially Scheduled Route

10:40 am in air travel, airlines, alternative energy, aviation, biofuels, carbon emissions, renewable energy by TreeHugger

photo: Andres Rueda/Creative Commons Lufthansa looks set to make aviation history: Using biofuels on a regularly scheduled route. From July 15, one Lufthansa Airbus A321 will ply the 244 miles route from Frankfurt to Hamburg with one engine burning petroleum-based fuel and the other burning biofuel supplied by Finland's Neste Oil. Eight of the airlines' daily 28 flights on the ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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British Prime Minister Asks Ministers and Civil Servants to Fly Coach

7:47 am in air travel, aviation, Business & Politics, carbon footprints, economics, united kingdom by TreeHugger

Britain's Foreign Office has already asked ambassadors and civil servants to fly economy in an effort to cut their carbon emissions. (See Mike's excellent guide to greener flying on why the demand business class seats creates more emissions per passenger mile.) Now the Guardian reports that British Prime Minister David Cameron will be asking a Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Nesting Turtles Close JFK Runway in ‘Zen’ Moment

7:00 am in air travel, airplanes, animals, aviation, Cars & Transportation, new york city, Travel & Nature, turtles by TreeHugger

A diamondback terrapin turtle. Photo: Christina Mohrmann/Grand Bay NERR via U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters / Creative Commons. The eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland and severe winter storms in Europe both ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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More NYC Geese To Be Killed This Year – And Sent to Pennsylvania Slaughterhouse

2:51 pm in air travel, airplanes, animals, birds, Business & Politics, new york city by TreeHugger

Image: passer-by via flickr New York City has just started another round of killing hundreds of geese, at taxpayer expense, despite that the cull has so far failed to limit geese population growth or improve air safety. The geese culls have Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Greenopia Rankings Push Airlines to Pursue Virgin

6:00 am in air travel, alternative fuel, aviation, Cars & Transportation, fuel efficiency, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

Photo: tedeytan via Flikr Not much has changed since Mat reported on Greenopia's Greenest Airlines ranking last year. Virgin America still leads the pack followed by Continental and Alaska Airlines. I love a third-party verified list, but with green airline itself nudging to the top of the most oxymoronic phrase list I decided to take a look at how Greenopia actually measures the viriditās of our domestic airlines. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Students’ Pedal-Powered Helicopter Achieves Lift-Off

10:06 pm in air travel, Cars & Transportation by TreeHugger

Photo via New Scientist Imagine hopping into your very own pedal-powered helicopter, soaring majestically above the ground with nothing more than your arms and legs propelling your flight. Well, that's just what a team of engineering students from the University of Maryland did last week -- but of course, 'soaring' might be a bit of an overstatement in this case. Nevertheless, the latest test-flight of Gamera, the group's large and light craft, is a promising leap forward in terms of the potential for clean tra...Read the full story on TreeHugger