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Environmental Impacts of Air Travel

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Author
ELI EFFINGER-WEINTRAUB
Do It Green! Minnesota
Aircrafts account for 12 percent of carbon dioxide emissions from US transportation sources and three percent of our total carbon dioxide emissions. The US is responsible for nearly half of worldwide carbon dioxide emissions from aircraft.

Airplanes emit nitrogen oxides, which are chief contributors to smog, acid rain, and water quality deterioration.

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