Tuesday, November 20, 2007

EU: Shipping, Aviation not Helping EU Plan to Extend its Carbon Market

From Reuters:

The European Commission urged U.N. aviation and shipping organizations on Monday to do more to fight climate change, saying they were not helping European Union plans to extend its carbon market.

Commission Vice President Margot Wallstrom said the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organization should "develop a much more ambitious policy for climate change."

"I think they are lagging behind and they have not been very helpful if you ask me," she told an Internet news conference....MORE