Tuesday, May 15, 2012

EU hails airline emissions tax a success

Guardian: More than 99% of all major global airlines have complied with the first step of Europe's controversial scheme to charge them for their carbon emissions. The inclusion of aviation in the European Union's emissions trading system (ETS) from the start of 2012 caused uproar from airlines in more than 20 countries including the US, China, Russia and Japan, but virtually all submitted the required baseline emissions data for 2011. Only eight Chinese airlines and two Indian ones did not comply by the...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/may/15/eu-airline-emissions-tax-success
Enclosure: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Environment/Pix/columnists/2012/5/15/1337085381062/China-Airlines--China-Aim-007.jpg

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