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As we search and scour the vast realms of the inter-tubes, we often find real photographic gems like this one. Entitled “Air Traffic Control” this incredible image was taken by Flickr user Pensiero. As far as we know the statue stands in Rome, however, we’re not exactly sure where. If you have any further information about it, please drop it in the comments section.

Image source: Boston Globe

Despite this summer’s soft demand for air travel and record-breaking gas prices in the U.S., the aviation industry projects a doubling in revenue over the next ten years. But many wonder just how the industry will mitigate its ever-expanding carbon budget?

Flying prop isn't so bad.

America is facing many challenges at the moment: gas prices, two ongoing wars, health care, social security, and the credit crisis, to name a few. So it might come as a bit of a surprise (or perhaps not!) that Congress spent yesterday trading horror stories "about their worst experiences with annoying fellow passengers wh...

Beer drinkers beware. TalkGreen reminds us that not all eco-friendly beers are created equal.

Rising fuel prices and new emissions standards have the airline industry greening up its act.

Ford Motors scrambles to produce smaller, more fuel-efficient cars.

The Green Routine cracks a common plastic bag myth.

Does Panasonic hold the key to the e-waste solution?

The X-Prize for Aviation

The Bombardier CSeries: Marketed as a "green jet" (image from Wikipedia).

From cover of Airplane! by Robert Grossman

We learned in back in high school physics that it takes energy to move a mass, and the more mass, the more energy. Paul Kedrosky lists some of the tiny moves that airlines are making to squeeze every ounce out, which add up to big savings in fuel.

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