China bars its airlines from paying EU carbon tax

San Diego Union-Tribune Monday 6th February, 2012

BEIJING -; China announced Monday it will prohibit its airlines from paying European Union charges on carbon emissions, ratcheting up a global dispute over the cost of combatting climate change. The charges are aimed at curbing emissions of climate-changing gases but governments including China, the United States and Russia oppose them. The rat...

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