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Airlines tout “going green” but their lobbyists are on different flight

By United Earth · On August 1st, 2011
Jets at the airprort

An American Airlines Boeing 737 and a Boeing 787 sit side by side at DFW International Airport in Dallas. Darrel Byers / Reuters

By Peter Goldmark
blogs.reuters.com
JULY 22, 2011

The way some of the big U.S. airlines tell it, they’re responsible stewards of the environment working hard to shrink their footprints.

American Airlines, in an article in its in-flight magazine American Way, says the company is “committed to identifying and implementing programs to reduce our environmental impact.” Just this week, American announced the purchase of 460 new fuel-efficient aircraft. The newly merged United and Continental recently launched an “Eco-Skies” campaign that, according to a company web site, reflects “a common focus on protecting the environment” and “allow[s] us to integrate our programs and focus on the environmental commitment of our combined company.”

So why are these environmental stewards hiring lobbyists and going to court to fight common-sense rules that will help protect the environment? And why are some members of Congress introducing legislation that would make it illegal for air carriers to obey new European clean air standards?
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