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House exempts U.S. airlines
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- European Union, USA
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- October 30 2011
The House approved legislation (H.R. 2594) October 24 that would prohibit U.S. airlines from participating in the European Union emissions trading scheme, which is scheduled to take effect for airlines this January
EU ETS aviation list updated
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- United Kingdom
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- February 19 2012
The European Commission published an updated list February 11 of airlines and aviation companies subject to the European Union’s Emissions Trading System for greenhouse gases
ICAO opposes airline inclusion
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- Global
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- November 6 2011
The U.N. International Civil Aviation Organization approved November 2 a non-binding declaration calling on the European Union to not include non-EU carriers in its regulation of aircraft’s greenhouse gas emissions
Committee approves airline EU emissions exemption
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- European Union, USA
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- September 11 2011
On September 8, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act of 2011 (H.R. 2594) that would exempt US airlines from the EU emissions cap on all flights leaving or landing in the European Union set to begin in January 2012
Free carbon allowances for airlines
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- European Union
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- October 2 2011
The European Commission finalized a method September 26 to assign free carbon allowances to airlines that must participate in the European Union’s Emissions Trading System beginning in 2012
Lawful to include US airlines in ETS
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- European Union, USA
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- October 9 2011
European Court of Justice Advocate-General Juliane Kokott released a court opinion October 6 that is expected to play an important role in the international policy dispute over whether U.S. airlines will be included in the European Union greenhouse gas emissions trading system: that inclusion of U.S. airlines in the trading program is lawful
EU stands firm on airlines
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- European Union
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- November 13 2011
European Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard said November 10 that the EU has no Plan B for requiring all airlines flying in and out of EU airspace to participate in its carbon trading scheme
EU ETS airline challenges
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- European Union, USA
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- April 1 2012
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica (R-FL) and U.S. airline representatives March 28 urged the administration to use an international aviation treaty to challenge the European Union’s plan to include American carriers in its Emissions Trading System
US aviation drops EU ETS challenge
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- April 1 2012
Airlines for America, the leading trade organization for American airlines, dropped its lawsuit March 27 challenging the inclusion of aviation in the European Union’s cap and trade program for greenhouse gas emissions
Upcoming hearings
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- May 27 2012
The House Rules Committee meets May 30 to consider the FY2013 energy and water spending bill
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