Sustainability and Environment
Business Aviation & the Environment

2009_Bizav_and_Environment_AIN.pdf

Government, industry loo

2009_Bizav_and_Environment_AIN.pdf

Government, industry look to curb CO2 emissions

In testimony before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming in the spring of last year, the FAA’s top environmental official challenged a congressional perception that the agency’s efforts to reduce so-called greenhouse gas emissions were “tangential” to other objectives.

Daniel Elwell, who was then assistant administrator for the FAA office of aviation policy, planning and environment, emphasized that the agency had a five-pronged plan to tackle aviation emissions and other environmental issues, including noise impact, air and water quality, global climate change and new energy sources.