House Transportation Panel Votes to Exempt U.S. Airlines From EU Cap-and-Trade Scheme

摘要

A House committee unanimously approved a bill Sept. 8 that would exempt U.S. airlines from an EU trading scheme set to cap emissions on all flights leaving or landing in the European Union starting in January 2012. "The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) is illegal, extraterritorial, and of questionable benefit," Rep. Thomas Petri (R-Wis.) said at a markup by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.