Virgin America becomes first airline to report emissions data through the Climate Registry

In California, Virgin America announced that it has joined the Climate Registry, a non-profit collaborative including  of US, Canadian and Mexican states and provinces that has a goal of setting standards for the reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions. VA becomes the first airline to join the alliance and voluntarily reports its emissions data.

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