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Airlines seek government action against EU ETS

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union, USA
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August 5 2012

A coalition of American airlines and aviation industry organizations sent a letter July 30 to the departments of State and Treasury asking them to take action to reverse the European Union’s decision to include aviation greenhouse gas emissions in its Emissions Trading System

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 judges hear U.S. airlines’ worries about inclusion in emissions trading

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union, USA
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July 5 2011

On July 5, lawyers for EU member states and the bloc's institutions told the Court of Justice of the European Union that the inclusion of U.S. airlines in the European Union's Emissions Trading System (ETS) is legal

EU airline decision unchanged

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union, USA
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January 22 2012

The European Commission sent a letter January 16 to U.S. Secretaries of State and Transportation asserting that it will not change its decision to include U.S. airlines in the European Union Emissions trading System

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

EU court confirms inclusion of international airlines in ETS

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union, USA
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January 8 2012

The European Union’s Court of Justice ruled December 21 that an attempt by United States airline operators to avoid inclusion in the EU’s Emissions Trading System is invalid and not justified by international law or specific agreements between the two parties

Inclusion of U.S. airlines in EU scheme objected

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union, USA
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January 8 2012

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood sent a letter December 16 to the European Union and member states asking them to halt, delay, or suspend a plan to subject U.S. airlines to a CO2 cap and trade system that began this month

Transportation Secretary queried on airlines and EU carbon caps

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union, USA
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June 10 2012

At a June 6 hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was questioned about whether the Administration would support Senator John Thune’s (R-SD) legislation to prohibit American airlines from participating in the European Union’s Emissions Trading System

Legislation shields U.S. airlines from EU ETS

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union, USA
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August 5 2012

The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee unanimously approved legislation (S. 1956) July 31 to bar the European Union from extending its Emissions Trading System to American airlines after Senator John Thune (R-SD) added language supporting a global approach to curbing the sector’s greenhouse gas emissions

U.S. exemption to EU ETS airline reg

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union, USA
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November 11 2012

The House will likely pass legislation on November 13 that will bar the European Union from forcing U.S. airlines to comply with its carbon dioxide Emissions Trading System