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The Air Over There
Airlines must pay for emissions, E.U. says |
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27 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:30 AM on 27 Jun 2008 All flights into, out of, and within the European Union will be included in the bloc's emissions-trading scheme as of 2012, the E.U. Parliament decided Thursday. If the plan is given final approval, airlines will have to cut emissions 3 percent in 2012 and 5 percent per year from 2013 on. Airlines would buy 15 percent of their emissions permits from the E.U.; the rest would be allocated for free. Big ... |
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| Topics: air travel, business, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, European Union, greenhouse-gas emissions, news (all these topics) |
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Big Ol' Jet Air Whiner
Plan to regulate airline emissions moves forward in E.U. |
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21 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 4:26 PM on 21 Dec 2007 A proposed law that would regulate emissions from airlines taking off from or landing in the European Union has been approved by environment ministers. The bill to include airlines in the E.U.'s carbon-trading scheme was scaled back from the version passed by the E.U. Parliament last month, aiming to start in 2012 instead of 2011 and making airlines buy only 10 percent of their carbo ... |
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| Topics: air travel, business, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, European Union, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, news, politics (all these topics) |
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