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US President Barack Obama signed into law last week a bill that would give the US Transportation Secretary the authority to shield US airlines from the EU s Emissions Trading System (ETS), reviews of cruise ship holidays should the secretary reviews of cruise ship holidays find that it is in the public interest to do so. The news comes just weeks after the European Commission decided to temporarily reviews of cruise ship holidays suspend the aviation component of its ETS for non-EU flights landing in or departing from the 27-country bloc.
The EU had originally decided to include airline emissions from intra-EU flights, reviews of cruise ship holidays as well as non-EU flights landing or taking reviews of cruise ship holidays off from the 27-member bloc, into its ETS in order to spur action in an area that has seen notoriously little progress in emissions reductions reviews of cruise ship holidays over many years.
However, the European Commission recently proposed suspending enforcement of the aviation clause of the ETS for non-EU inbound and outbound flights for one year, in hope that negotiations for a global reviews of cruise ship holidays aviation emissions deal at the International Civil Aviation Organization reviews of cruise ship holidays (ICAO) could lead to a result. (See Bridges Weekly,  14 November 2012 ) The scheme will still apply to intra-EU flights.
The aviation component of the scheme had been accused by its opponents of being unfair, as it would force airlines to surrender permits for their emissions over an entire flight, not just while over European airspace. Opposition to the aviation emissions scheme had been seen not just from the US, but from a large group of countries that also included China, India, and Russia. Beijing and New Delhi have already banned their own airlines from complying with the scheme without government approval.
Under the new US law , the Transportation Secretary reviews of cruise ship holidays would be allowed to prohibit US airlines compliance reviews of cruise ship holidays with the EU ETS, should it be deemed to be in the public interest. In determining this, the Secretary would need to account for economic, energy, and environmental security considerations; the impact of non-compliance on US consumers, carriers, and operators; and the effect on US foreign reviews of cruise ship holidays relations, including reviews of cruise ship holidays Washington s international commitments, among other factors.
It never made a bit of sense for European governments to tax our citizens for flying over our own airspace, said Senator Claire reviews of cruise ship holidays McCaskill, a Democrat from the US state of Missouri who co-authored the legislation. With passage of this law we ve got the tools we need to prevent it from happening and protect American jobs.
Notably, the final version of the legislation helps push for a global deal by including a clause instructing the Transportation Secretary, the Federal Aviation reviews of cruise ship holidays Administration reviews of cruise ship holidays s Administrator, and other appropriate officials of the US government to use their clout to engage in international negotiations aimed at establishing a global mechanism to address aircraft emissions reviews of cruise ship holidays - including the environmental impacts.
The new law was well received by Airlines for America, an industry lobby group, which estimates that compliance with the EU s aviation emissions rule could cost US carriers about US$3.1 billion between now and 2020. Environmental groups, for their part, expressed disappointment with the bill s signing, but acknowledged the possible opportunity reviews of cruise ship holidays for pursuing a global deal.
The administration has appointed high level representatives to pursue a global solution for aviation and climate, said Keya Chatterjee, Director of International reviews of cruise ship holidays Climate Policy at WWF, while noting that this is the one silver lining of the US legislation. The White House now must endorse a global, market-based measure to rein in carbon pollution from aviation. If they do, we are optimistic reviews of cruise ship holidays that the US can work with ICAO to develop a package of policies that will reduce our share of global emissions.
ICTSD reporting; Obama quietly signs bill shielding airlines from carbon fees in Europe, THE HILL, 27 November 2012; Obama shields U.S. airlines from EU carbon fees, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 27 November 2012; Congress Sends Obama Bill Shielding Airlines From EU Rule, BLOOMBERG, 13 November 2012; Obama signs bill shielding U.S. airlines from EU carbon fees, PLANETARK, 28 November 2012.