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EU Parliament proposes tax on jet fuel, emissions controls

Anyone at least occasionally reading George Monbiot’s work will have come across his criticisms of the air traffic industry (and those who use it), specifically the extent to which it is subsidised and exempt from normal environmental controls. Now the European Parliament has approved a motion calling for an emissions trading scheme for the industry:

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).