TITLE

Offsetting pays price of soured relations

PUB. DATE
December 2006
SOURCE
Travel Weekly (UK);12/15/2006, p5
SOURCE TYPE
Trade Publication
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
The article discusses the impact of the airline carbon-offsetting scheme by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the trade relationship between the air travel industry and the government in Great Britain. Several airlines have declined from the media announcement about carbon offsetting. Moreover, the airlines' decline from carbon offsetting is related to the air passenger duty tax increase.
ACCESSION #
23538860

Tags: EMISSIONS trading;  AIR pollution monitoring;  AIRLINE industry;  GREAT Britain. Dept. for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

 

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