The committee was
voting on aviation's future role under the EU's Emissions Trading...
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had hoped to find both the necessary
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on modernizing the
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on 11 July 2017 Wed 12 July 2017 — Yesterday, the European Parliament's environment committee (ENVI)
voted on how the
aviation sector should be treated under the EU's Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), in response to a decision by the International Civil
Aviation Organization (ICAO) to set...
The European Parliament and Council are due to discuss and
vote on amendments to the EU proposal to bring
aviation into the ETS over the coming weeks.
Instead of getting tough
on aviation, MEPs have only
voted for modest improvements to Commission plans to make
aviation part of the ETS.
Amendments to the design / effectiveness of
aviation ETS will be
voted on by EU Parliament this autumn.
Although the EU Parliament
voted to strengthen European Commission plans to bring air travel into the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS)[2], they failed to back tougher amendments that could have led to the scheme having a significant impact
on aviation's rising emissions.
Wed 12 July 2017 — Yesterday, the European Parliament's environment committee (ENVI)
voted on how the
aviation sector should be treated under the EU's Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), in response to a decision by the International Civil
Aviation Organization (ICAO) to set up a global offsetting mechanism.