Wind turbines, low-flush toilets at nation's airports

USA Today reports on the eco-friendly measures some airports are adopting.

Boston Logan International (picture right) installed 20 wind turbines in July, that are expected to generate 100,000 kilowatt hours each year - about 3 percent of the airport's electrical needs.

"U.S. airlines emitted about 418 billion pounds of carbon dioxide in 2007, according to the Air Transport Association, the airline industry trade group.

But like many other industries, airports are embracing the green zeitgeist, triggered partly by better social awareness and improving technology, and made more urgent by rising fuel prices. 'If you're watching oil prices, it gives you more incentive for somebody like us to look at pilot programs for energy savings,' says Sam Sleiman, Boston Logan's director of capital programs and environmental affairs. 'The perception is that airports are pollutants, and we wanted to change the perception.'"

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