Aviation and the environment : NextGen and research and development are keys to reducing emissions and their impact on health and climate : testimony before the Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives /
Collaboration between the federal government and the aviation industry has led to reductions in aviation emissions, but growing air traffic has partially offset these reductions. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), together with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the En...
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| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
U.S. Govt. Accountability Office,
[2008]
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| Series: | Testimony ;
GAO-08-706 T. |
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| Online Access: | Abstract: https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS94919 |
| Summary: | Collaboration between the federal government and the aviation industry has led to reductions in aviation emissions, but growing air traffic has partially offset these reductions. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), together with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and others, is working to increase the efficiency, safety, and capacity of the national airspace system and at the same time reduce aviation emissions, in part, by transforming the current air traffic control system to the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). This effort involves new technologies and air traffic procedures that can reduce aviation emissions and incorporates research and development (R&D) on emissions-reduction technologies. Reducing aviation emissions is important both to minimize their adverse health and environmental effects and to alleviate public concerns about them that could constrain the expansion of airport infrastructure and aviation operations needed to meet demand. This testimony addresses (1) the scope and nature of aviation emissions, (2) the status of selected key federal efforts to reduce aviation emissions, and (3) next steps and challenges in reducing aviation emissions. The testimony updates prior GAO work with FAA data, literature reviews, and interviews with agency officials, industry and environmental stakeholders, and selected experts. |
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| Item Description: | Title from title screen (viewed on May 8, 2008). "For release ... May 6, 2008." Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 37 pages : digital, PDF file. |
| Format: | System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Mode of access: Internet from GAO web site. Address as of 5/8/08: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08706t.pdf ; current access available via PURL. |