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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10483
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/united states

Battle of wills over aviation emissions

Brussels, 26/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - A battle of wills is shaping up between the United States and the European Union over including aviation in the EU's carbon trading system (ETS). On Tuesday 25 October, after the vote in the US Chamber of Representatives approving a bill to ban US airlines making transatlantic flights from paying for emissions quotas under the ETS from 2012, EU Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard tweeted: “We are confident that the US will respect EU law, as...

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