Ships' CO2 'twice that of planes'
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Global emissions of carbon dioxide from shipping are twice the level of aviation, new maritime research says.
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Increases in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have sparked concerns on how the planet is coping with greenhouse pollution. Scientists have detected record rises in carbon dioxide, the main
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PARIS, Dec 15 (IPS) - Hundreds of flights by subsidised airlines in  Europe  are endangering the global climate and the ozone layer.  For now, they fly  free of environmental regulations.
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Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have grown more quickly than expected, say scientists.
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Virgin Atlantic is to tow planes to take-off areas in a move designed to cut carbon dioxide output.
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Just days after the Nobel prize was awarded for global warming work, an alarming new study finds that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing faster than expected.
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Oil at more than $90 a barrel is concentrating minds in the shipping industry. Higher fuel costs and mounting pressure to curb emissions are leading modern merchant fleets to rediscover the ancient power of the sail.
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An MPs' report calls for taxes on air travel and high polluting cars to be increased to cut CO2 emissions.
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British Airways (BA) is to increase its fuel surcharges on long-haul flights for the second time in six weeks.
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Qantas Airways Ltd , Australia's largest airline, said on Monday it would raise its fuel surcharges on international routes, the second increase in less than a year.
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An unexplained and unprecedented rise in carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere two years running has raised fears that the world may be on the brink of runaway global warming.
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Scale of climate change emissions from shipping is nearly three times higher than previously believed, says leaked UN report
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An unexplained and unprecedented rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere two years running has raised fears that the world may be on the brink of runaway global warming.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 4 (IPS) - Air travel needs to be quickly included in a  European Union programme for addressing climate change if pledges  on curbing greenhouse gas releases are to be kept, a new study  has found.
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Carbon dioxide emissions from global warming are cooling and shrinking the outermost atmosphere, keeping orbiting spacecraft airborne longer but also increasing the threat that space junk poses to satellites, scientists reported Monday.
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Heathrow protesters say the air travel boom is making jet engines a growing source of carbon emissions
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British low-cost airline easyJet   has unveiled its vision of a short haul aircraft that it hopes  will generate 50 percent less CO2 than its current planes and  can be delivered by 2015.