Much the way French Europcar shows customers the carbon emissions associated with each of its rental cars, so a new restaurant chain includes such information for every item on its vegetarian menu. With two restaurants in each of New York and London, Australia-based Otarian bills itself as “the first ever low-carbon restaurant chain, using a cradle-to-grave analysis [...]

easyJet, Europe’s leading low-fares airline, today became the first airline to call for tough, mandatory emission standards for aircraft that would lead to a 40% reduction in CO2 emissions from the next generation of aircraft. Speaking at a press conference in London today, Andy Harrison, easyJet’s Chief Executive said: “Aviation needs a global solution. Government’s [...]

Though air travel represents only about 3% of total world emissions, traffic is increasing quickly even as concerns over climate change multiply. To make matters worse, because airplanes fly at high altitudes, they give off large amounts of nitrous oxide, which is estimated to produce double the warming effects of carbon dioxide. Plane travel is [...]