European Airline Emissions Fell 9.4% in 2010, RDC Aviation Says
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Carbon dioxide emissions from European airlines fell 9.4 percent to 171.5 million metric tons last year, RDC Aviation said.
“We are accrediting the reduction to strike action, volcanoes, technological advances, newer equipment and a general gearing up for ETS Trading,” Ian Robins, a researcher for RDC Aviation, said today in an e-mail. Airlines are scheduled to join the European Trading System, the world's biggest cap-and-trade program, in 2012.