U.K. Lawmakers Threaten to Ground Non-CO2 Compliant Planes
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Airlines using U.K. airspace should be grounded if they refuse to comply with the European Union’s greenhouse-gas emissions-trading system, according to a panel of lawmakers.
Any country or operator that refuses to accept EU carbon-trading rules on aviation could alternatively face an increased Air Passenger Duty tax in the U.K., the British parliament’s Energy and Climate Change Select Committee recommended.