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Green House Gas, Nitrogen Trifluoride, Much More Prevalent in Atmosphere Than Expected

Compound used in manufacture of flat panel televisions, computer displays, microcircuits, solar panels is 17,000 times more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide

23 Oct 2008

Boeing Performance Improvement Package to Help British Airways Be More Efficient and Environmentally Friendly

Boeing will provide a Performance Improvement Package for British Airways' 777 fleet that will result in a one percent fuel efficiency gain, along with the emission reductions that come with reduced fuel usage

24 Sep 2008

Sustainable Biofuel Development Backed by Boeing

Boeing has, with leading air carriers and Honeywell's UOP, a refining technology developer, established a group to accelerate the development and commercialization of sustainable new aviation fuels

24 Sep 2008

Jet Fuel Produced From Algae by Solazyme

Solazyme has announced that it has produced the world’s first microbial derived jet fuel

10 Sep 2008

Bonded Joins Allow Aircraft to be Made Lighter, Stronger and More Energy Efficient Using Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics

The lighter an aircraft is, the less fuel it consumes. Given the need to cut carbon dioxide emissions, this is a key aspect of materials research. Aircraft manufacturers are therefore pinning their hopes on particularly lightweight construction materials

8 Sep 2008

Environmentally Safe Cleaning Products to be Used to Maintain Military Aircraft

Environmentally safe cleaning products company, Bio-Clean International, Inc., providing exclusive, "Cleantech", non-toxic bio-remediation fluids, announced today that its subsidiary company, American Bio-Clean Corporation, has received a purchase order for maintenance support services to the Department of Defense

26 Aug 2008

Biofuels Research Project for Aircraft Project Led by Pratt and Whitney

Pratt and Whitney Canada is leading a groundbreaking aerospace industry-university research effort to investigate the potential use of biofuels for small and medium size engine applications

14 Jul 2008

Rolls-Royce and British Airways to Investigate the Use of Alternate Jet Fuels to Reduce Environmental Impacts of Air Travel

Rolls-Royce and British Airways have announced the start of a scientific test programme to investigate the viability of alternative fuels for the aviation industry

14 Jul 2008

Air Travel Set For a Shake Up With Rigid Shelled, Amphibious, All Weather, Solar Powered Passenger Airships from Turtle Airships

A new way to fly! Turtle Airships company announces the beginning of construction iof a demonstration model of a new form for lighter-than-air airships. The airships are not blimps. They are solar powered and will reach speeds of 200 mph.

3 Jul 2008

Boeing Shanghai Challenge Gives Colleges a Chance to Change the Future

Boeing, Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services, Tsinghua University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are hosting a competition for college students from select universities in the United States and China to create more environmentally progressive ways of operating an aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility.

5 Jun 2008