EU Takes Aim at Aviation Fuel With Tax Clampdown on CO2 Output
- Finance ministers are set to back revision of energy duties
- Overhaul may end exemptions for kerosene, encourage biofuel
Hop aircraft are refueled at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris.
Photographer: Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images
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European Union finance ministers are set to endorse a revamp of energy-taxation laws that could end exemptions for jet fuel while promoting cleaner forms of energy, as the bloc steps up efforts to cut carbon emissions.