Environment Committee takes tough line on airline emissions

The European Parliament Environment Committee voted on the 27 May 2008 to reintroduce most of the Parliament's first-reading amendments (previously rejected by the Council) to a proposal to include airline traffic in the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Members argued that inclusion should begin as soon as 2011, that the share of emission permits to be auctioned should be increased and that that the ceiling on emissions should be lowered.