Meet The World’s Largest Offshore Wind-Farm

The Hornsea One wind farm off the coast of Grimsby in the UK is now operational, and it is breaking boundaries for a couple of really incredible reasons. Surrounded as it is by water and nicely placed geographically for frequent bouts of windy weather, the UK is one of the world’s prime locations for offshore wind […]

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Airlines call for implementation of global carbon offsetting scheme

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) 75th Annual General Meeting (AGM) overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on governments to continue important work for full implementation of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) agreed through the UNs International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). CORSIA is the first global carbon pricing instrument for an […]

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Airlines ‘cannot expect a free pass’ on emissions tax

Airlines “cannot expect a free pass” on taxes aimed at reducing carbon emissions, despite the industry’s marked resistance to an EU report on taxing aviation. That is according to UCC economics lecturer Declan Jordan, who was speaking after the Airlines for Europe (A4E) lobby group slammed an EU study that said an increase in taxes […]

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Why clean energy companies can’t neglect human rights in rush to a low-carbon economy

Nathan Lobel of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Christen Dobson of Business & Human Rights Resource Centre give nine suggestions for renewables companies to ensure they are advancing all the SDGs As the severity of our climate crisis looms ever larger, the need to rapidly transition to a low-carbon economy is increasingly urgent. […]

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The Joyce choice: Qantas’s Project Sunrise evaluation – Australian Aviation

This story about the process behind the Project Sunrise evaluation at Qantas first appeared in the May 2019 edition of Australian Aviation. Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says sentiment will have no role in the Project Sunrise decision. (IATA/Flickr) When Qantas first laid down its Project Sunrise challenge in August 2017, the name evoked memories […]

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Market far too optimistic about aviation sector, says HSBC Securities

Mumbai: HSBC Securities said the market is far too optimistic about the prospects of the aviation sector after the suspension of Jet Airways flights and is ignoring various longer-term risks. While downgrading SpiceJet to ‘reduce’ from ‘hold’ and maintaining a ‘hold’ on Indigo, the brokerage said the rise in airfares because of Jet going out […]

source http://www.ncairways.co/aviation/market-far-too-optimistic-about-aviation-sector-says-hsbc-securities/

Boeing didn’t plan to fix 737 MAX warning light until 2020

After discovering a problem in 2017 with a cockpit warning light on the 737 MAX, Boeing decided it would defer an update to fix the issue until 2020, officials said Friday. Even as it continued delivering MAX airplanes to customers, Boeing had kept quiet the details of the problem, which prevented a light from warning […]

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