China joins US in battle against EU carbon rules for airlines

From 1 January 2012 all airlines flying in and out of the EU as well as all internal carriers will have to cut emissions down to fit new quotas or purchase bigger quotas in the framework of the Emissions Trading Scheme.

EUObserver reports that China had joined the US in looking for ways to get out of the EU's new CO2 cap-and-trade regime for foreign airlines flying in and out of the union.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Aviation and climate change http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-aviation-and-climate-change/

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