US iterates oppostion to EU`s proposed tax on airline emissions
The us recently iterated its opposition to a European proposal to make foreign airlines pay a premium for aircraft emissions. It claims that this method of reducing greenhouse gases would hurt economic growth. The us transportation secretary Mary Peters announced this on May 12 in a hearing in the us House of Representatives.
The European Union (eu) plans to impose a cap on carbon dioxide emissions for all planes arriving or departing from eu airports, and allow airlines to buy and sell