Critics says air travel carbon offsetting too crude (Environmental News Network)
Air travelers may be fooling themselves with a feel-good green glow from offsetting their carbon emissions, according to critics of the system. A lack of rigor in the calculation of greenhouse gas emissions from air travel is undermining carbon offsetting as an approach to fight climate change, one expert said.
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Travel through Tucson airport still up for the year (FOX 11 Tucson)
In spite of a downturn in air travel during the months of June and July, passenger traffic at Tucson International Airport (TIA) for the first seven months of 2008 is up 1.23% compared with last year.
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Critics says air travel carbon offsetting too crude (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Air travelers may be fooling themselves with a feel-good green glow from offsetting their carbon emissions, according to critics of the system.
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Premium travel sagging (Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news)
Business and first-class air travel in June shrank 0.4% year-on-year, the worst result recorded by the global aviation industry since May last year, due to the economic slowdown and impacts of high oil prices.
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Travel Industry Association Launches Multimedia Advertising Campaign in Battleground States (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Travel Industry Association today unveiled a bold campaign to encourage Senators Obama and McCain to detail their plans for improving the domestic and international travel process during their upcoming party conventions.
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News 91.9 (News 91.9)
MONCTON, NB-There may be a downturn recently in air travel around the world, but the Greater Moncton International Airport is still a hub of activity.
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Strike hits international air passengers in Kerala (Calcutta News)
The nation-wide strike Wednesday called by Left trade unions is taking a heavy toll on both arriving and departing passengers at the three international airports in Kerala.
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Higher airfares, fewer flights expected to slow Labor Day weekend travel (BizJournals)
The Air Transport Association of America is projecting that Labor Day travel will drop by 5.7 percent this year. The group estimates that 16 million paying passengers will fly globally on U.S. airlines between Aug. 27 and Sept. 3.
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UDF to make air travel from new airports costlier (Express India)
Air travel into and from new airports in the country is going to be costly, with the government finally giving the go ahead to new airports to charge passengers fees for using these airports.
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Labor Day set for first air-travel decline since 2002 (USA Today)
Labor Day flights will be less crowded this year as higher airfares and financial concerns keep customers from flying. That's according to the Air Transport Association (ATA), a Washington-based trade group representing airlines. The group predicts that 16 million people...
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