Remove 2017 Remove Emissions Remove Gas
article thumbnail

How U.S. Airports Like Pittsburgh’s Generate Electricity On Site to Avoid Heathrow-Like Outages

Baua Electric

For almost four years, her airport has been powered by a mix of on-site natural gas generators and solar panels. In late 2017, an electrical fire caused a power outage at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, disrupting flights nationwide and costing Delta Air Lines, the largest airline at the airport, tens of millions of dollars.

article thumbnail

Taxing the Distance

Energy Institute at HAAS

Energy Institute alum, Chris Knittel , along with Gib Metcalf and Shereein Saraf , have a new working paper , which takes a swing at one of the less thrilling, but wildly important, topics in public finance: how we pay for roads when no one’s buying gas anymore. Heavier vehicles also consume a lot more gas. Their findings?

Tax
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

EPA proposes first US greenhouse gas emissions standards for aircraft

Green Car Congress

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for airplanes used in commercial aviation and large business jets. The new international Airplane CO 2 Emission Standards adopted by ICAO in 2017 are prescribed in ICAO Annex 16, Volume III titled, Aeroplane CO 2 Emissions.

EPA
article thumbnail

EIA: CO2 emissions from US power sector have declined 28% since 2005

Green Car Congress

US electric power sector CO 2 emissions have declined 28% since 2005 because of slower electricity demand growth and changes in the mix of fuels used to generate electricity, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Source: US EIA, US Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions , 2017.

article thumbnail

SwRI engineers develop near-zero emissions diesel engine technology; 90% reduction of NOx

Green Car Congress

Southwest Research Institute engineers have developed the next generation of clean diesel engine technology to reduce hazardous nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and carbon dioxide emissions while minimizing fuel consumption. g/hp-hr NO x emissions). SwRI developed the technology for the California Air Resources Board (CARB).

article thumbnail

Flying first class on a single domestic round trip can contribute more greenhouse gas emissions than a year of driving

Green Car Congress

This analysis examined the effect of flight distance on greenhouse gas emissions per passenger, and compared emissions from flying different distances with annual emissions from driving. Greenhouse gas emissions were examined for 17 nonstop flights with round-trip distances ranging from 131 miles to 19,040 miles.

article thumbnail

EPA: US GHG emissions in 2017 down 0.3% from 2016

Green Car Congress

In 2017, total gross U.S. greenhouse gas emissions were 6,472.3 from 2016, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory. The decrease in total greenhouse gas emissions between 2016 and 2017 was driven in part by a decrease in CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion.