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Analysis: Airline emissions deal may not come before EU deadline

Hope is fading for a global deal to regulate the airline industry's greenhouse gas emissions ahead of a fall deadline, even though failure could push the industry back to the brink of a trade war over the European Union's emissions trading system.Last November the EU suspended its controversial scheme to force all airlines to buy carbon credits for any flight arriving in or departing from European airspace.The scheme had pitted European states against China, the United States, India and others, who said it violated their sovereignty. The EU said it had to act, after more than a decade of inaction on the environmental impact of aviation.European officials gave the United Nations' agency that governs aviation, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), more time to craft a compromise in the form of a global regulatory regime.They have vowed to bring their own program back into force unless they see real progress by the ICAO assembly, which runs September 24 to October 4. The a...

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  5. Rep. Johnson: America Fueling China’s Manufacturing Sector

    Rep. Bill Johnson, (R-Ohio), sounds off on the aid being given to boost manufacturing in China.

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  9. Battle of the Budget

    Sen. Orrin Hatch, (R-UT), discusses President Obama's budget proposal.

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  11. New Take on Cooling the Climate

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  12. 'Green New Deal'

    U.N. considering oil tax to help revive world economy

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    ClimateDepot.com Executive Director Marc Morano on calls to fight climate change.

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  3. Debt-Ceiling Looms Despite Fiscal Cliff Deal

    Reason Magazine’s Matt Welch on the upcoming debt negotiations.

  4. Should U.S. Work With China on Clean Energy?

    NRDC Action Fund’s Bob Deans on the rise in China’s coal imports.

  5. Extreme Weather the New 'Normal?'

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    “Cool It” author Bjorn Lomborg on the benefits of fracking for the U.S. energy industry.

  7. Saudi Will Work to Moderate Oil Prices

    Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said Tuesday that the world's top oil exporter would strive to moderate crude prices and will meet demand in the market."We ...

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