Senate Panel Clears Revised Bill to Shield U.S. Airlines From EU Carbon Trading System

摘要

The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee unanimously approved a bill July 31 to bar the European Union from extending its carbon caps to U.S. airlines after the measure's Republican author added language supporting a "worldwide approach" to curb the sector's greenhouse gas emissions.The revisions essentially smoothed over any Democratic objections to a bill (S. 1956) that attempts to shield U.S. airlines from having to purchase emission allowances under the EU Emissions Trading System for U.S. flights arriving in or departing from Europe.