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Federal action needed to tame airlines high-flying climate pollution

2014-11-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Hill: Some 24 million Americans will cram into airplanes for Thanksgiving travel this year. Theyll face flight delays, bag fees and hassles with reclining seats. And most will fly home in inefficient planes that spew far too much climate-damaging carbon pollution. Greenhouse emissions from aviation are rising rapidly, even as scientists explain that were running out of time to avoid disastrous global warming effects, from dangerous temperature increases to food-supply disruptions. But the airline...

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