In the face of much international resistance, many expected the European Union (EU) to withdraw its plans to include emissions from aviation activities within its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). This proposal, known as the Aviation Directive, has amended the ETS to include emissions not only from European airlines, but any airline that operates flights into
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The United Nations Development Program has concluded that the development progress of the world’s poorest nations could level off or even be reversed by the middle of this century if aggressive actions are not taken to mitigate climate change now. According to a spokesperson for the U.N., this should create a strong motivation for
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The US House of Representatives recently passed a bill making it illegal for US airlines to participate in Europe’s emission trading scheme, which by January 1st all air carriers flying into or out of the EU will be legally required to do under EU law, as reported in a recent NY Times Green Blog. The
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The BBC reports that China has pledged not allow its per-capita CO2 emissions to reach US levels. A recent study by the European Commission’s Joint Research (JRC) has found that US per-capita emissions are between 2.5-3 times larger than China’s, but it claims that if China’s continue to rise at its present rate, they could
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According to this article in the New York Times, belief in anthropogenic climate change has been decreasing in the United States over the last several years. Between 2006 and 2010, the percentage of Americans who believe in global warming dropped from 79% to 59%. This has been accompanied by a fading of global warming from
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