MEPs call for EU regulation of ships and planes’ carbon under reformed ETS

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By Alex Lennane

15/12/2016

EU lawmakers’ vote today to include shipping in the emissions trading system (ETS) and bring the cap on aviation emissions into line with other sectors, as part of a reformed ETS, is fair and will help ensure ships and planes will not undermine climate action in other industries, sustainable transport group Transport & Environment has said.

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