United Airlines class action overview:

• Who: United Airlines is facing a class action lawsuit regarding its claims about its environmental initiatives.
• Why: United Airlines is accused of making false and misleading claims about the environmental benefits of the biofuel that it uses and charging a price premium based upon those claims.
• Where: The United Airlines environmental initiatives class action was filed in federal court in Maryland.

United Airlines is facing a class action lawsuit saying the company makes false and misleading claims regarding its environmental friendliness.

The lawsuit claims that the airline uses a biofuel it calls sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and has used marketing such as “eco-skies” on the side of its planes acting as if the airline is environmentally friendly.

Those claims, however, fall short as airlines are some of the worst CO2 producers that have a negative impact on the environment, the United Airlines class action says.

“If the aviation sector were a nation, it would be among the top 10 CO2 emitters, responsible for 8% of global emissions,” the United Airlines environmental lawsuit says. “Beyond carbon dioxide, aviation emits soot, water vapor, sulfur, and nitrous oxides, which have substantial negative impacts on the upper atmosphere.”

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