Russia fires first shot in EU aviation emissions trade war | Environment. Air China is one of the country's four main airlines who won't be participating in the ETS. Photograph: Greg Baker/AP Simmering tensions between the EU and the group of countries opposed to the bloc's expansion of its emissions trading scheme (ETS) to include aviation increased further today, after officials signalled that the so-called "coalition of the unwilling" had agreed a package of retaliatory measures.
Speaking following a meeting in Moscow of the group of 26 countries opposed to the new EU carbon pricing mechanism, Russia's deputy transport minister Valery Okulov told reporters diplomats had agreed a package of measures the countries could now use to undermine the scheme. "Every state will choose the most effective and reliable measures which will help to cancel or postpone the implementation of the EU ETS," he was quoted as saying by news agency Reuters.
Europe Moves to Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Aviation, China Follows, U.S. Obstructs. By Climate Guest Contributor on August 1, 2011 at 10:09 am "Europe Moves to Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Aviation, China Follows, U.S. Obstructs" by Melanie Hart The global aviation community has been trying to establish some sort of global aviation emission reduction system through the International Civil Aviation Organization, or ICAO, since 1997.
After many years of proactive engagement in ICAO, the Europeans decided to take the lead by incorporating aviation emissions into their own cap-and-trade system and extending the requirements to cover third-party countries. U.S. airlines are seeking an exemption to the European system by arguing that the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, or ETS, violates the Chicago Convention, which grants individual countries “complete and exclusive sovereignty” over their own domestic airspace, and the U.S. Unlike the United States, however, the Chinese are making an effort to meet the Europeans halfway. China’s long-term plan for cap and trade. EPA to Regulate Aircraft NOx; GHGs Could Be Next. The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed nitrogen oxide standards for engines used primarily in large commercial aircraft, including 737s, 747s and 767s, just days after a court decided that the EPA has responsibility to regulate carbon emissions from aviation.
The EPA has published a proposed rulemaking to adopt the NOx emission standards approved by the United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The agency says its proposal would reduce ground-level NOx emissions by about 100,000 tons nationwide by 2030. Exposure to such emissions can cause and aggravate lung diseases and increase susceptibility to respiratory infection, the EPA says. The standards and related provisions would apply to aircraft gas turbine engines with rated thrusts greater than 26.7 kilonewtons. These engines are used primarily on commercial passenger and freight aircraft. There would be two tiers, referred to as Tier 6 (or CAEP/6) standards and Tier 8 (or CAEP/8) standards.
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