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Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is hoping to become a global model for a modern-day green airport.
Through continual search to implement environmentally sustainable measures and inching closer to a net-zero carbon footprint goal by 2030, the airport looks to realize $45 million in savings and cost avoidance over 15 years, said Robert Horton, the airport’s vice president of environmental affairs and sustainability.
The path to sustainability for one of the nation’s biggest airports, which sits on 18,000 acres, came about 20 years ago with the discovery by the Environmental Protection Agency that the North Texas region and the airport’s air quality were unhealthy, Horton said. And as the airport began finding ways to reduce emissions, its savings increased.
05/03/21
Jon L. Gelman
NJ Governor Phil Murphy on Friday signed the Healthy Terminals Act (S989) which creates new minimum wage and benefits requirements for certain Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and Newark Liberty International Train Station workers. The legislation will expand access to livable wages and affordable health care for workers at the airport and train station who often cannot afford employer-provided health care plans.
“For a long time, we have heard the concerns and often desperate pleas from airport workers for access to affordable health care and for wages that allow them to support themselves and their families,” said Governor Murphy. “This legislation provides workers at Newark Airport the dignity, respect, and treatment that they deserve. These men and women have selflessly been serving through the COVID-19 pandemic as critical infrastructure workers, and I am proud to sign this legislation that will finally provide them with the health care
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NEW JERSEY – Gov. Murphy has signed seven New Jersey bills into law, one of which addresses mental health issues amid the COVID pandemic
(see list below).
Murphy this week signed A3548 into law, which will require private insurers, the State Health Benefit Plan, and School Employees Health Benefits Program to put into place policies and procedures to ensure coverage of expenses in mental health screening of a major depressive disorder for adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18.
Murphy also signed the Healthy Terminals Act (S989) which creates new minimum wage and benefits requirements for certain Newark Liberty International Airport and Newark Liberty International Train Station workers.
United Airlines will fly directly from the US to Croatia this summer!
This is the only nonstop flight currently available between Croatia and the US
By Lara Rasin
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Calling all travel lovers: Chicago-based United Airlines announced yesterday that it s launching a direct route from Newark Liberty International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport.
This is one of the largest airlines in the US, with 7 hubs across the country and a HQ in Chicago. United s will be the only flight, as of now, connecting the US and Croatia nonstop.
@ jakobradlgruberA delightful view of Dubrovnik, as seen from 412-metre-high Mount Srđ
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Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Celebrates 100 Years Today On Apr 30, 2021
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, the bistate agency that oversees the movement of travelers, goods and services throughout the region and world, celebrates its 100th anniversary today.
The Authority was created by an act of Congress and the signing of a compact on April 30, 1921 for the creation of the Port of New York Authority. Cooperation between New York and New Jersey over these 100 years saw the creation of a sprawling network of international airports, tunnels, bridges, bus terminals, rail systems, an international seaport, and a global financial hub.