Source: ABC
China plans to boycott a new European Union tax on airline carbon emissions, becoming the latest in a line of countries to challenge the law.
China’s largest carriers say the tax will cost them too much but the EU says fines for non-compliance will be even steeper.
As part of efforts to combat global warming the EU brought in a law this year to charge foreign airlines for carbon emissions.
Carriers that flout the law will be fined $125 for each tonne of carbon dioxide emitted above the airline’s allowance and serial offenders could even be banned from entering the region.
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