Plan on Airline Emissions Hints at U.S.-Europe Rift
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E.U. countries scaled back a proposal to regulate airline emissions, but agreed on measures likely to intensify a battle with the United States over  environmental regulation.
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BRUSSELS -- European Union environment ministers agreed yesterday on an ambitious target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 in one of the boldest moves yet to contain global warming -- a goal likely to lead to mandatory limits for cars and pollution allowances for airlines.
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Efforts to free up transatlantic air services have hit a stalemate with recent U.S. elections expected to make it more difficult to push through new airline ownership laws needed to secure an "open skies" deal, a U.S. transport official said Wednesday.
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The European Data Protection Supervisor says he expects the U.S. and the European Union to reach an agreement on how to share information about passengers flying across the Atlantic -- but not by the July deadline.
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Hundreds of flights by subsidized airlines in Europe are endangering the global climate and the ozone layer.
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Emissions from aviation and shipping could be included in UK's targets for first time.
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The United States and Europe will discuss a spat over state subsidies to Airbus and Boeing at the World Trade Organization next week, a US official said.
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U.S. officials and airlines welcomed  a draft U.S.-European Union agreement on Friday to liberalize  transatlantic aviation that continues to prohibit overseas  control of domestic carriers.
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The U.S. and Europe headed toward a compromise solution Friday at the U.N. climate conference, breaking a deadlock over how ambitious the goal should be in negotiating future cutbacks in global warming gases
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The plan served at least partly as a rebuff to separate efforts by President Bush and European nations to draw China and other developing countries into a commitment to reduce emissions.
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The White House opposes plans by European nations to require airlines to curb greenhouse gases, saying it would unfairly disadvantage U.S. carriers.
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The top trade officials from the United States and the European Union will discuss a row over state subsidies accorded US aircraft manufacturer Boeing and European rival Airbus at a meeting here October 18, a European Commission spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 4 (IPS) - Air travel needs to be quickly included in a  European Union programme for addressing climate change if pledges  on curbing greenhouse gas releases are to be kept, a new study  has found.
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The European Union hopes to reach an agreement with the United States next Friday on a new pact on sharing airline passenger data, the European Commission said on Sunday.
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The EU and the US are deadlocked over plans to begin talks about the future of emissions reduction.
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The dogfight between Europe and the United States over subsidies to airplane builders Airbus and Boeing is already potentially the largest trade dispute in history and looks set to get nastier.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Europe unveiled a "road map" to a low-carbon future Wednesday â one of the most radical packages the European Union has ever produced â in an effort to position the bloc at the vanguard of global efforts on climate change.