EU issues aviation carbon trading rules

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Each member state will be responsible for administering scheme to a number of airlines with the UK likely to manage almost 800 airlines' involvement

The European Commission (EC) published an initial blueprint of how it envisages aviation being included in the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS) last week, detailing plans that would see each member state...

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