EC plan may force airlines to go green
Plans to add airlines to Europe’s emission-trading scheme are expected to be approved by the EC today in a move designed to make the aviation sector more environmentally aware.
Under the scheme, airlines would be set targets for emissions and, if exceeded, would have to buy permits from other companies that have surplus allowances.
On the flip side, carriers would also be free to sell any surplus allowances of their own.
According to the Independent, the emissions-trading scheme is being canvassed as an alternative to a blanket tax which is thought will not directly tackle the issue of reducing emissions.
The move will have to be agreed by the European Parliament and EU member states.
The newspaper reported that the EC is keen to apply the scheme to all airlines flying from the EU. But fierce objection from US carriers is likely to see the scheme limited only to European companies.
BA, which is the only carrier part of the UK’s emissions-trading scheme, has reportedly backed the scheme, believing a tax-increase will not achieve any environmental impact.”
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