Your Biggest Carbon Sin May Be Air Travel

New York Times: LAST fall, when Democrats and Republicans seemed unable to agree on anything, one bill glided through Congress with broad bipartisan support and won a quick signature from President Obama: the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act of 2011. This odd law essentially forbids United States airlines from participating in the European Union Emissions Trading System, Europe's somewhat lonely attempt to rein in planet-warming emissions. Under that eight-year-old program, European power...

URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/sunday-review/the-biggest-carbon-sin-air-travel.html