If the European Union wants to regulate aviation emissions, operators of U.S. aircraft should not have to comply, the U.S. Senate said last week. The Senate passed a bill that prohibits U.S. operators from participating in the E.U. Emissions Trading Scheme. "We appreciate the forceful message this bill sends to the E.U. against the imposition of a new carbon tax on aircraft," said NBAA President Ed Bolen. The U.S. House has also passed a similar bill. The two bills must now be reconciled and then voted on a final time by both chambers. Bolen testified before a Senate committee about the plan, calling it "fatally flawed," and added that "as badly as the airlines are treated, general aviation is treated even worse" under the E.U. scheme.
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