“Today’s environmentally focused 22-year-old is tomorrow’s 35-year-old frequent business traveler,” said Henry Harteveldt, a travel industry analyst with the Atmosphere Research Group. Flights from the U.S. represent about a quarter of the world’s passenger flight emissions, the study found. AdvertisementAirline travel globally had been growing steadily by about 5% each year over the past decade, according to the International Air Transport Assn., a trade group for the world’s air carriers. I'm flying back to school soon, and I decided to pay for my carbon emissions. “We recognize that air travel has impacts on the environment, and we’re committed to proactively minimizing those impacts in a number of ways,” American Airlines spokesman Curtis Blessing said.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 07, 2020 13:02 UTC