| Author (Corporate) | United Kingdom: Department for Transport |
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| Series Title | Press Release |
| Series Details | 4.3.09 |
| Publication Date | 04/03/2009 |
| Content Type | News |
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The UK Transport Secretary, Geoff Hoon, and Climate Change Secretary, Ed Miliband, announced on 4 March 2009, that a new scheme to cap aviation emissions would be supervised in England and Wales by the Environment Agency. The EU Emissions Trading scheme - which caps net CO2 emissions from aviation at average 2004-06 levels - will come into force for flights arriving and departing EU airports from 1 January 2012, following agreement in Brussels in late 2008. (Directive 2008/101/EC). |
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| Source Link | http://www.wired-gov.net/wg/wg-news-1.nsf/0/079EC72CFECB98828025756F003A106A?OpenDocument |
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| Subject Categories | Environment, Mobility and Transport |
| Countries / Regions | United Kingdom |
