Environment
EU drafts plan to exempt long-haul flights from new emissions rules
The European Commission has actually drafted plans to initially exempt longhaul flights from rules on monitoring their nonCO2 emissions after global providers lobbied for an optout, files seen revealed. The EU is developing plans to require airline companies to track and report their contribution to environment change from January 2025 - not just from carbon dioxide, but likewise soot, nitrogen oxides and water vapour. Airlines' non-CO2 emissions add to global warming at least just as much as their CO2 output, according to the EU's. air travel security authority. A draft Commission proposition for the new guidelines, seen by. , would...