Monday, December 10, 2012

U.S., China turned EU powers against airline pollution law

Reuters: The European Union's landmark effort to charge foreign airlines for carbon emitted on flights in and out of Europe was already failing by the time French President Francois Hollande shared his deep concerns with the European Commission chief in October. The U.S. aviation industry had mustered fierce political opposition, China was threatening to withhold aircraft orders from Airbus and the most influential European nations feared retaliation against their national carriers. Chinese and Indian...

URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/10/us-eu-airlines-climate-idUSBRE8B801H20121210?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29
Enclosure: http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20121210&t=2&i=683079561&w=460&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE8B90XPR00

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