Reports: Saudi Arabia could ban national airline from EU carbon trading

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Oil rich kingdom the latest nation to object to the inclusion of non-EU airlines in emissions trading

Saudi Arabia has reportedly ordered its national airline not to comply with the EU's carbon trading regulations in protest against the bloc's inclusion of non-EU airlines. The world's biggest oil producer...

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