European countries back global carbon market for airlines

Madeleine Cuff
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Joint declaration from EU member states and other nations reveals strong support for market-based scheme to limit aviation emissions

A group of 44 European countries have backed plans to implement a new global market-based measure to limit carbon emissions from airlines, issuing a joint declaration late last week saying they would be...

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