Airline carbon plan gets EU nod

European Union transport ministers have approved June 2007 a plan to make airlines part of a carbon trading scheme aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

• Primary Source

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 8.6.07: Council Conclusions on the inclusion of aviation in the European emissions trading scheme for the position to be taken by EU Member States at the ICAO Assembly in September 2007 http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/trans/94565.pdf

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