The US Senate unanimously passed a bill Saturday allowing the transportation secretary to direct US airlines to not participate in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), which Airlines for America (A4A) claims is a violation of international law and US sovereignty.
The US Senate unanimously passed a bill Saturday allowing the transportation secretary to direct US airlines to not participate in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), which Airlines for America (A4A) claims is a violation of international law and US sovereignty. The vote comes a week after nineteen US aviation stakeholders sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to challenge the inclusion of international aviation under the EU ETS (ATW Daily News, ...
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