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Vol. VIII Issue. 48
China, India airlines unwilling to comply with Europe's carbon rules

15 May 2012

May 15, 2012. China and India's airlines failed to submit carbon-dioxide emissions data for 2011, rebuffing European rules that seek to expand the region's emissions trading system to include aviation. There has been “systematic non-reporting” of emissions to and from Europe from 10 airlines based in India and China, according to the European Commission. While airlines, brought into Europe's carbon program in January, need to submit last year's emissions data, there's no obligation to hand in permits for that year. The inclusion of flights in Europe's ETS as of January triggered opposition from countries including the U.S., China and Russia, which said Europe should let the United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization decide on greenhouse- gas limits for the industry.

      
 
 
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