Focus of Climate Change Debate Shifting on the Hill
By Annie Russo
As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) begins implementing its rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions, the United States Senate is taking notice. Last year, the EPA deemed global warming as a risk to public health and welfare and used it to justify regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. It has been estimated [...]
All I Want for Christmas…
By Jessica Steinhilber
…is an extension to the deadline for comments on the EPA’s proposed effluent limitation guidelines to address stormwater runoff from airport and airline deicing activities. (Put that in a song!)
Apparently I was good this year because EPA granted my wish. In yesterday’s Federal Register, EPA officially announced that the original comment deadline of [...]
The Goal for Airlines is Stability
Larry Kellner, Chairman and CEO of Continental Airlines, spoke at the Aero Club in Washington, D.C. today, and offered his thoughts on the industry and how it can become more stable. ACI-NA was seated front and center at the Aero Club, as Kellner listed three pieces of advice for airlines, airline partners and government regulators.
1. [...]
Media Day at Southwest
I am writing this from Dallas Love Field Airport, after participating in Southwest Airline’s Media Day. It is my first time at DAL and it is a great airport, with lots of good restaurants and great places to plug in your computer and catch up on your work.
Media Day seemed to focus on Southwest’s environmental [...]
ACI-NA Board passes sustainability resolution
The Board of Directors of Airports Council International-North America today passed a Resolution commending the concepts of sustainability into airport planning, construction and everyday operation.
ACI-NA is among a group of aviation organizations that are working together to consolidate existing airport and sustainability guidelines and practices. The group – also known as the Sustainability Aviation Guidance [...]