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EU lawmakers back suspension of airline carbon payments

2013-02-26 07:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: European Union lawmakers on Tuesday backed a Commission plan to suspend for a year a law that would make all airlines using EU airports pay for their carbon emissions, and urged U.S. President Barack Obama to accelerate a global deal. International fury at the EU law led Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard last year to propose a temporary exemption for intercontinental flights. The European Parliament's Environment Committee on Tuesday voted in favour of her proposal, dubbed "Stop the Clock"....

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