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All air travel in the EU should be included in system of trade with CO2 emissions, MEPs say (Photo: Airbus)

MEPs back cuts in air travel CO2 emissions

MEPs have voted in favour of air travel being included in the EU's carbon emission scheme trade by 2011 while also backing moderate cuts in the envisaged quotas of greenhouse gasses emitted by the aviation sector.

"We want a worldwide system as soon as possible. If other countries have better proposals, we are ready to change our system. But there must be an end to the status quo that nothing is done in the aviation sector," said Peter Liese, the German centre-right rapporteur on the is...

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All air travel in the EU should be included in system of trade with CO2 emissions, MEPs say (Photo: Airbus)

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