UK delays fresh carbon penalties until 2016
THE British government will delay implementing new measures to penalise aviation and shipping for carbon emissions until 2016, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced. Climate Change Minister, Mr Edward Davey, said the nation could wait until there was more clarity about how the international community would approach the issue after the European Commission suspended its plans to levy carbon taxes on aviation, said reports. If the greenhouse gas emissions from aviation and shipping had been included in total targets, it would have meant imposing greater costs on other sectors, including industry and electric power generation.
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