A senior pilot and operations technical specialist with Gulfstream Aerospace appeared before the House Aviation Subcommittee to express the business aviation community's firm opposition to the European Union's (EU's) proposed Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) is applauding a strongly-worded letter from two high-ranking U.S. government officials to European Union President Jose Manuel Barroso, warning that Washington will take "appropriate action" if the EU continues demanding that aircraft flagged in the U.S. participate in Europe’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS).
The National Business Aviation Association welcomed passage of bipartisan legislation prohibiting the implementation of a new carbon-trading regime for aircraft flying from the U.S. to the European Union.
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