The Guardian: "Airlines can be charged for carbon pollution, court rules"

Link to The Guardian

"Airlines can be charged for their greenhouse gas emissions on flights to and from Europe, according to a landmark court ruling.

"The indicative ruling, by the advocate general of the European court of justice, is a blow to airlines and non-European governments that had hoped to escape from the extension of the European Union's emissions trading scheme to cover air transport from next year. It was greeted with jubilation by environmental campaigners, who want to ensure that emissions from aviation are subject to the same controls as those of other industries.

"If the ruling is followed, airlines will be forced from next year to pay for their carbon emissions on all flights to and from, as well as within, Europe."