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EU hails global green tax on flights
2013-10-07 15:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The EU and its critics are both claiming victory in the battle over green taxes on flights to and from Europe, after a deal was struck. The world's governments agreed that all airlines should join a global scheme to cut carbon emissions. But details will not be negotiated until 2016. There is still pressure on the EU to delay imposing its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) on aviation. The EU said its leadership had led to the deal, but greens disputed that. Environmentalists accused the...
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