How will the world's COVID-19 response impact the environment?
Three Lehigh professors―Benjamin Felzer, Sharon M. Friedman and Dork Sahagian―offer their insights.
Environment
May 12, 2020
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News tagged with air travelers
Carbon emissions continue to grow despite significant airline initiatives
While many airlines are engaged in a variety of programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, new research from the University of Surrey suggests they must do much more to reduce air pollution and tackle climate change effectively.
Environment
Dec 20, 2019
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Air travel reduces local investment bias, benefits investors and firms, study shows
Easy access to air travel has not only flattened the world, it also has flattened the bias toward investing locally, according to new research from the University of Notre Dame.
Economics & Business
Dec 18, 2019
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Travel to shopping and leisure activities causes more air pollution than commuting
Data analysis work conducted at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) reveals that Bristol car travel to shopping and leisure activities contributes more air pollution than through commuting and business travel. ...
Environment
Dec 18, 2019
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Virgin Galactic goes public and leads space tourism race
Richard Branson rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on October 28 as Virgin Galactic became the first commercial spaceflight company to list on the stock market. It was valued at more than US$1 billion following ...
Space Exploration
Nov 5, 2019
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Flight shame: Flying less plays a small but positive part in tackling climate change
"Flyskam"—the Swedish word for "flight shame"—describes a phenomenon that has taken off around the world, as travelers face growing pressure to reduce their carbon emissions by switching to alternative modes of transport. ...
Environment
Oct 25, 2019
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How to make carbon pricing palatable to air travellers
Travellers are willing to pay a little more for flights if they know the extra money will be used to address carbon emissions, a new study from the UBC Sauder School of Business has found.
Environment
Oct 3, 2019
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Study: Half of flights taken lack importance to the travelers themselves
New research evaluating the necessity of air travel indicates that as many as half of flights may be considered to lack importance to the travelers themselves, according to a study published by the Journal of Air Transport ...
Economics & Business
Sep 27, 2019
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Global aviation industry focuses on climate at Montreal talks
Airlines' efforts to reduce their carbon emissions will be front and center at the UN aviation agency's annual conference, which opened on Tuesday days before a major climate protest in Montreal to be attended by teen activist ...
Environment
Sep 24, 2019
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Under pressure, plane industry vows cleaner flight—someday
Battery-powered planes, solar planes, hydrogen planes—jet makers are working on myriad ways to make flying less damaging to the planet. Yet clean flying on a mass scale remains decades away.
Environment
Jun 20, 2019
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