Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
From January 1 all airlines flying in and out of the European Union will need to meet a specific carbon emission requirement. Though protests have been voiced from various countries, the European Union is going ahead with the emission caps for the airlines. A senior oil industry official said, “We …
Despite protests from various countries, the European Union is going ahead with its carbon emission caps for airlines operating in and out of the region. The Director-General of European Union for Energy, Mr Philip Lowe, said that the norm would come into effect from 2012 as planned. He, however, added …
For the past week, thousands of residents of New Delhi’s Vasant Kunj area have been enjoying a good night’s sleep, a luxury they’ve fought hard to win. After they approached the Delhi high court for respite against noise pollution near the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), the HC directed airport …
The world could be on the brink of a trade war over European Union efforts to impose carbon charges on the emissions of all planes landing or taking off within the EU.
The world can no longer have a system of tackling climate change that obliges some countries to cut their carbon emissions but lets others get away with mere voluntary targets, the European Union’s climate commissioner has declared. In a blunt statement underlining the growing pressure on China and other large …
Flights Not Hit, But Airport Not Equipped To Handle Foggy Days Ahead New Delhi: A thick cover of haze brought down runway visibility at the IGI Airport down to 600m on Tuesday morning. While no flights were affected, airport officials are a worried lot since only one runway at present …
This paper focuses upon the increasing propensity of the EU to engage in climate change unilateralism. EU climate unilateralism consists of two key components. First, it extends the reach of EU climate change law beyond the borders of the EU and regulates GHG-generating activities that may be viewed as taking …
The objective of this paper is to examine the viability and potential effects of different actions that Germany and the European Union (EU) can take to curb the growth of GHG emissions from the international transport sector. It analyzes different options that policy makers have available to reduce transport induced …
Twenty-six nations are expected to lodge a formal protest on Wednesday against a European Union law to make airlines pay for carbon emissions -- adding to transatlantic tension on an issue that has triggered a tit-for-tat bill in the Congress. Under EU legislation, from January 1 all flights to or …
EU’s unilateral decision to impose a levy on international aircraft emissions is questionable SANAT KAUL As a majority of emissions by aircraft do not take place at ground level but at 30,000 ft above sea level, calculating emissions countrywise is much more complicated. Consequently, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), …
Air Traffic Controllers all over the world celebrate " International Air Traffic Controllers Day" on the 20th of October every year. Air Traffic Controllers in Sri Lanka, working at the Bandaranaike International Airport and Ratmalana Airport , have decided to mark this event by introducing a new concept which has …
Always on the cutting edge, Sir Richard Branson, president of Virgin Atlantic, has set his company on a course towards further sustainability. Virgin Atlantic Airways has announced plans to fly commercial routes on a waste-based, synthetic gas fuel rather than typical jet fuel. The reconstituted fuel will produce half the …
Always on the cutting edge, Sir Richard Branson, president of Virgin Atlantic, has set his company on a course towards further sustainability. Virgin Atlantic Airways has announced plans to fly commercial routes on a waste-based, synthetic gas fuel rather than typical jet fuel. The reconstituted fuel will produce half the …
Some European Union countries are raising concerns that efforts to break a deadlock with other major world economies over an EU plan to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions could end up discriminating against their own airlines. EU law requires any airline landing at or departing from an EU airport to hold permits …
London: A British plane, carrying 232 passengers and crew members, has created aviation history by flying from Birmingham to Lanzarote using cooking oil. In fact, the Thomson Airways flight last week was the first commercial bio-fuels flight ever from a UK airport. One of the engines on the twin-engined Boeing …
Gets legal green signal from top law officer, despite non-EU countries’ combined protest. For the international aviation industry, the skies just grew stormier. The advocate-general of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), an advisor to the European Union’s highest court, has said it is legal for the latter to include …
European rules forcing all airlines to pay for carbon emissions are within the law, an adviser to Europe's highest court said on Thursday, in the latest stage of a bitter battle between the European Union and the aviation industry. From January next year, all airlines will have to buy permits …
Lending support to the European Union plans to charge airlines for carbon emissions, European Union environment commissioner Janez Potocnik emphasised that the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) was introduced to help ensure it reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020. “The EU will not change …
The European Union is standing firmly by its plan to charge airlines, including non-EU airlines, for carbon emissions despite growing international opposition, including from India. “There is no plan B,” a spokesman for the Commission told Business Line on Monday following the ICAO meeting in New Delhi. A joint statement …
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, member nations of UN aviation body, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and other non-European Union (EU) states led by India have come together to protest against EU’s proposal to put a charge on carbon emissions from airlines. EU's proposal to cap planet-warming gases under its emission …
