UK government blames EU for late climate legislation that imperils aviations emissions planning

In England, the UK government is laying the blame on the EU for a failure to convert the EU directive on aviation emissions into national legislation. Absent the enabling legislation, airline operators will miss the August 31 deadline for emissions monitoring lans for the 2012 rollout of the Emissions Trading Scheme. According to a report in Green Air Online, “Operators will now be required to submit their plans within 11 weeks after the regulations are laid before Parliament, which could move the deadline to late October.”

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