Sentence examples for airline pollution from inspiring English sources

They argued that a per-passenger duty should be replaced by an airline pollution tax, charged per flight.

With support from readers who have been following our netjetters, Guardian Unlimited has agreed to offset the airline pollution created by Nick's flights across Europe.

"The United States should adopt strong standards to apply to U.S. airline pollution, and on the world stage the U.S. should leverage ambitious domestic action to secure a robust global agreement," Deborah Lapidus, director of the Flying Clean campaign, said in an email.

Ironically for the airlines, most pollution around Heathrow is caused by cars and vans, not planes.

3. Curb the airline industry's skyrocketing pollution In July -- after nine years of delay -- the EPA officially acknowledged in an "endangerment finding" that planet-warming pollution from airplanes disrupts the climate.

An analysis by Thomson Reuters Point Carbon last week showed that airlines faced a carbon pollution bill of €505 million, or $669 million, for 2012 under the E.T.S. Roberto Kobeh González, president of I.C.A.O.'s council, said he was confident the group would find a solution.

Europe's airlines face the imposition of pollution limits for the first time following a deal struck in Brussels today.

Ms. Hedegaard added that was unfair to require European airlines to pay for their pollution on routes that United Airlines or Air China flew for free.

The ICCT report also sends a clear message to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which has utterly failed to address the airline industry's massive greenhouse gas pollution problem.

The regulations place a cap on carbon dioxide emissions, with each airline receiving a set number of pollution allowances each year.

The question is whether the new Boeing jet can make money for airlines and meet strict noise and pollution standards.