What's Up with Air Travel?

Greening Up My Act

Airplanes and passenger jets get a lot of flak for emissions and pollution. But just how much does your flight overseas affect climate change? And what are scientists and the government doing to try and fix it? Find out in this week's episode of your favorite green living podcast.
Sources:

• Kat’s rocket scientist sister
• Our World in Data - Sector by sector: where do global greenhouse emissions come from? - https://ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-by-sector
• The Commons - How to Fly Sustainably: 6 Tips to Cut Your Carbon “Flight” Print - https://www.thecommons.earth/blog/simple-steps-to-make-flying-more-sustainable
• Ascent, the aviation sustainability center - https://ascent.aero/
• Nasa, Partners Explore Sustainable Fuel’s Effects on Aircraft Contrails - https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/armstrong/nasa-partners-explore-sustainable-fuels-effects-on-aircraft-contrails/
• FAA (Federal Aviation Admin) - Fueling Aviation’s Sustainable Transitions (FAST) Grants - https://www.faa.gov/general/fueling-aviations-sustainable-transition-fast-grants/
• App in the Air -- https://appintheair.com/
• US Dept of Energy - Alternative Fuels Data Center - https://afdc.energy.gov/fuels/sustainable-aviation-fuel
• Built In - What Are Electric Planes? https://builtin.com/articles/electric-plane

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Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Sources (00:08:38)

3. What impact does passenger air travel have on emissions? (00:09:54)

4. What is the aviation industry/U.S. government doing to lower emissions from aviation? (00:12:47)

5. What are the biggest challenges with these solutions?? (00:21:52)

6. What can you do to reduce your impact when flying? (00:31:32)

7. TLDR/Granola Rating (00:41:18)

8. Next week: sustainable luggage (00:44:29)