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Earthjustice: Global Airplane Carbon Rules Too Weak to Protect Climate

Proposed international guidelines would not reduce carbon emissions below business as usual

Greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes threaten human health and contribute to climate change.

Greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes threaten human health and contribute to climate change.  Momente / Shutterstock

Montreal —(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2016.  The first international standards for carbon pollution from airplanes recommended today by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) would be too weak to protect the climate. Proposed standards just released in Montreal by the international body’s environmental committee would barely trim carbon emissions…

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