Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 67, No. 46 - November 15, 2018
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The Weekly Newspaper of Inglewood
Neighborhood Watch Group
Gives Special Thanks to Officers
Last week, members of the Alliance Neighborhood Watch Group prepared dinner and shared a meal with our officers as a thank you for their service to the community. Photo: Inglewood PD.
LAX Looks High, Low for
Ways to Improve Air Quality
By Rob McCarthy
Los Angeles International Airport gets
busier every year, with more travelers passing
through the departure and arrival gates. To
its credit, LAX is finding additional ways to
lower emissions from its expanding ground
operations and the small army of construction
workers operating heavy machinery.
Officials have an ambitious goal to meet
by 2025. LAX has pledged to lower carbon
emissions coming from the nation’s secondbusiest
airport well below 1990 levels.
Carbon emissions have been linked to rising
surface temperatures around the globe, and
an international effort by airports is underway
to reduce their share of emissions. Industry
studies estimate air transportation amounts
to 2 percent of the carbon dioxide released
in the atmosphere by human activity.
While the amount of emissions from aircraft
has leveled off -- and not increased in 20
years -- LAX has to contend with ground
transportation to support the daily flow of
passengers and cargo in and out of Los
Angeles. New jet engine technology allow
aircraft to operate more efficiently, studies say.
The airport picked up a prestigious
international award recently for its progress
so far and its commitment to reducing
greenhouse gas emissions. The Airports
Council International-North America certified
LAX again as a carbon-accredited airport.
It was LAX’s third time being recognized
by the organization, which independently
verified that programs created to improve
the air quality at LAX are in place.
In August, LAX was named one of the
100 leading green fleets in the nation. The
list included airports and cities, including
Santa Monica and Long Beach for switching
to electric cars and trucks. The City of Los
Angeles and its sanitation district also were
named to the list.
Chief Executive Officer Deborah Flint said
that LAX is committed to demonstrating
how airports can track and reduce pollutants
from their daily operations. LAX has learned
over a 10-year period how to integrate green
technologies and adopt the best practices
for the industry, she said. “Environmental
stewardship is woven into all that we do at Los
Angeles World Airports and we are proud that
our efforts to reduce emissions and to work
with our partners to do the same has once
again been recognized by Airports Council
International-North America,” Flint said.
The voluntary Airport Carbon Accreditation
program allows airports to have their efforts to
quantify and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
independently verified by ACI-Europe. LAX
has a goal to reduce the airport’s greenhouse
emissions to below 45 percent of 1990 levels
by 2025, then 60 percent by 2035, and 80
percent by 2050.
The head of the international organization
acknowledged LAX and its executive director
are finding many ways the aviation industry be
innovative and protect the environment at the
same time. “Airports strive to be good partners
within their communities and in the global
aviation system by promoting sustainability
and environmentally responsible practices,”
said Kevin M. Burke, ACI-NA President and
Chief Executive Officer.
Because airports are small cities in
themselves, they use a tremendous amount
of energy to operate. LAX subscribes to the
energy efficiency goals of the Airports Council
International group, and has focused efforts
on vehicle at the airport that move people
and cargo to their destinations.
The airport’s CEO outlined the many ways
LAX is working toward the lower carbon
emissions benchmark for 2025 and beyond.
She points to a modern energy-generating
plant on the airport grounds, which achieves a
6 percent reduction in greenhouse emissions.
Also, the airport agreed to purchase green
power from the city of Los Angeles -- meeting
10 percent of its power needs.
The nation’s second-busiest airport believes
it can do better at reducing carbon footprint
while serving more than 85 million passengers
per year and 700,000 inbound and outbound
flights, including cargo last year. LAX has
the nation’s largest alternative-fuel fleet of
vehicles at any U.S. airport.
The airlines are under Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) direction, not the
airport’s, yet United Airlines voluntarily started
two years ago using a low-carbon jet fuel
made from renewable waste. The biofuel is
a mixture of farm waste and non-edible oil,
and is approved by the FAA for commercial
See LAX, page 8