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Airline Carbon Plan Takes a Step Forward While Carriers Suffer
A UN decision on offsets aims for more climate transparency. But first, the industry must weather a pandemic.
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In the rapid push by business to go green, airlines are pretty well stuck.
Data centers can switch to solar power, restaurants can swap out gas ranges for electric and homebuilders can drop concrete in favor of cross-laminated timber. These industries can change the way they work at the source. But airlines don’t have that many sustainable options. They burn massive amounts of fossil fuel and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.