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EU air traffic movements are expected to more than double by 2020 and triple by 2030 (Photo: Airbus)

Airlines should have own emissions trading scheme, MEPs say

Europe's growing air-transport industry must do more to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions by joining the bloc's carbon trading scheme and start paying tax on jet fuel, EU lawmakers said on Tuesday (4 July).

A large majority of MEPs meeting in Strasbourg voted in favour of a draft report by UK green MEP Caroline Lucas proposing to limit the impact of air traffic on climate change.

Air traffic is not part of the Kyoto Protocol - an international agreement adopted in 1997, which s...

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