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Airlines and Climate Change - Carbon Taxes and Carbon Offset Programs
In an effort to reduce the damage caused by air travel, a few airlines are looking at carbon offsets of their own, to neutralize the effects of their flights on the environment. As travelers, there are hundreds of projects that you can buy carbon offsets to neutralize your footprint on the global climate.

Santa Fe Air - First Jet Services Company in the US to Offset Carbon Emissions
It wasn't that long ago but on March 10, 2007, Santa Fe Air, a private jet services company based in New Mexico, joined forces with Forest Guardians, a non-profit, environmental organization to establish a carbon offset program by planting enough trees to offset the jet’s carbon emissions.

Carbon Neutral Flights
Air travel has long been lambasted, particularly by environmental groups, for the amount of gas emissions that flights release into the atmosphere, and contributing to global warming. There is a growing movement to make a smaller environmental imprint, by becoming carbon neutral - effectively paying for the pollution we cause by contributing to projects that do not contribute noxious gas and toxins into the environment. The air travel industry has begun to join this trend.

European Union Tells US Airlines to Go Green or Get Lost
Larry West, About.com's Guide to Environmental Issues discusses this part of the Open Skies negotiations between Europe and the US.

Cutting Night Flights Could Reduce Global Warming
Larry West discusses how less night flights could be less harmful to the environment.

Top 5 Air Travel Trends
My list of the top 5 air travel trends of 2007 includes carbon offsets, and fuel surcharges.