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An Airbus Jumbo Jet Just Completed Two Flights Powered by Cooking Oil
Having recently had time called on its 15 years of service, an Airbus A380 just completed some trial flights powered by cooking oil.
The largest...
Royal Air Force Lifts Off With Guinness World Record for First Flight Using 100% Synthetic Fuel
As nations get more and more serious about climate change, certain sectors are finding it a more difficult subject than others. Commercial and military...
New Sustainable Makeup Line Produces Cosmetics From Plants Instead of Fossil Fuels
One entrepreneur has launched a completely green long-wear makeup line that uses plants instead of fossil fuels.
In June, that entrepreneur received $8.2 million from...
JetBlue Going Carbon-Neutral in 2020 On All Domestic Flights —The First Major US Airline to Do So
The newly-announced initiative is expected to save roughly 15 to 17 billion pounds of CO2 emissions from entering the atmosphere every year.
As Only US Airline to Use Biofuel on Regular Basis, All United Flights From LA Are Now Powered By Biofuel
The airline's recent investment in over 10 million gallons of biofuel will contribute to their goal of reducing their total emissions by 50% before 2050.
JetBlue Offsets Over 2 Billion Pounds of CO2 Emissions
JetBlue airlines has just flown past a major milestone in sustainability.
By signing one of the biggest renewable jet fuel agreements in aviation history, JetBlue committed...
NASA Engineer Saves Passenger Jet From Disaster When He Spots Malfunction From Window Seat
This commercial flight could have gone much worse if it had not been for an attentive NASA engineer who loves window seats on planes.
Alaska Airlines Makes History With First Bio Fueled Commercial Flight
The Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Washington D.C. on Monday was powered with a blend of bio fuel, cutting the flight's carbon footprint by 50-80%.
World’s First Biofuel Flight Powered by 100 Percent Plant Oil
A twin-engine, 10-seater airplane taking off from Ottawa International airport two months ago may have looked like any other plane but it was, in...
Delta Confirms Purchase of 100 Fuel-Efficient Planes
Delta Air Lines on Thursday confirmed its plan to buy 100 Boeing 737 jets that not only offer perks for travelers including a roomier...
Biofuel Powers Two European Airlines
Biodiesel has been around since the early 1900′s when pioneers tinkered with a variety of biofuels to power vehicles.
The preferred source of biofuel for...
Republican Heavyweights Urge U.S. to Adopt Tougher Fuel-Mileage Standard
A group of Republican former Environmental Protection Agency administrators, governors and members of Congress are throwing their public support behind a fuel economy target...
7 Leading US Airlines to Use BioMass Fuel Made From Waste in California
Seven of the leading U.S. airlines announced this week they've signed up to purchase jet fuel made from recycled urban and agricultural waste to...
Virgin Spends $1.4 Billion On Super-Efficient, Ultra Quiet Jet Engines
Wanting to pay less for fuel now, Virgin America has invested in a remarkable new engine from GE. "This is one of these significant...
Another Advancement in Hydrogen Fuel Uses Cheap Abundant Sulfide
The best way to make hydrogen fuel is thought to be photo electrochemical, a process for water splitting. When the sun hits, the solar...
From Boughs to Biofuels: Recycling Christmas Trees for Energy
What can be done with the Christmas trees laying naked along roadsides or left unsold in vacant lots? With a little ingenuity and science,...
Jetpacks for Sale!
Martin Aircraft of New Zealand is going to start selling commercial jetpacks for about $75,000. The brainchild of inventor Glenn Martin who...
Airline Completes World-First Biofuel Flight
Air New Zealand has completed the world's first commercial test flight using a new biofuel. The two-hour flight around the Auckland region was powered...
Virgin Atlantic 747 to Test Biofuel in Early 2008
Richard Branson said his Virgin Group hopes to produce clean biofuels for cars and buses by the start of the next decade, and...
Poop-Powered Fuel Cell Could Power the World
Benson Lee has developed a kilowatt-size fuel cell that can run on gases emitted from decomposing animal droppings, human waste and food waste. The...