EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MAY PUSH FOR AIR EMISSIONS TAX
April 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FORMAL proposal that aviation carbon dioxide be included within the European Union's (EU) Kyoto Protocol-linked emissions trading scheme may spark amendments from the European Parliament calling for special air fuel taxes. German Christian Democrat MEP Peter Liese, who is coordinating the parliament's response to the plan, told a Brussels press conference air industry CO2 trading would "not be enough". Along with the tax, Liese added MEPs may press for a cap on emissions airlines can buy.
THE FORMAL proposal that aviation carbon dioxide be included within the European Union's (EU) Kyoto Protocol-linked emissions trading scheme may spark amendments from the European Parliament calling for special air fuel taxes. German Christian Democrat MEP Peter Liese, who is coordinating the parliament's response to the plan, told a Brussels press conference air industry CO2 trading would "not be enough". Along with the tax, Liese added MEPs may press for a cap on emissions airlines can buy.
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