Aviation emissions trading plans under fire

James S Murray
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Tyndall Centre report claims current plans to include airlines in Europe's carbon trading scheme will do little to curb emissions

MEP's will today be warned that plans to incorporate aviation into the European emissions trading scheme will fail to deliver the required reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by a major new report from...

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