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Although more study is required, FAA officials conservatively estimate that the technique at LAX alone saves airlines at least 1 million gallons of fuel annually and reduces carbon dioxide emissions, which have been linked to global warming, by about 18 million pounds a year.
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After more than a decade of research, the FAA implemented continuous descents at LAX in December 2007 on one of the eastern approaches. Since then, the agency has converted the other two eastern routes to the procedure, making LAX the only airport in the nation to have such a broad application of the technique.
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