Sixteen environmental groups on Friday urged President Barack Obama not to give into pressure by the U.S.

A two-day meeting hosted the by US of 17 countries opposed to the EU's emissions trading system (ETS) has ended without a joint declaration.

US senators and about 20 countries met in Washington this week to oppose Europe's decision to charge airlines for their carbon emissions by including them in its emissions trading scheme (ETS).

Washington India has joined the US and 15 other major countries in opposing the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), which requires carriers flying to or from Europe to offset their carbon emissions.

The two-day meeting hosted by the United States to chalk out a common strategy against the EU's emission trading scheme concluded on Wednesday. "They (India) have been clear both in that meeting and any number of times thereafter that they are strongly opposed to the application of the ETS and have had quite strong and vigorous words concerning the application of the ETS to foreign carriers," a senior administration official said on condition of anonymity.

India has joined the US and 15 other major countries in opposing European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) which requires carriers flying to or from Europe to offset their carbon emissions.

Opposes Emissions Trading Scheme, which requires carriers flying to or from Europe to offset their carbon emissions

India has joint the US and 15 other major countries in opposing European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) which requires carriers flying to or from Europe to offset their carbon emissions. The two day meeting hosted by the United States to chalk out a common strategy against the EU's emission trading scheme concluded yesterday "They (India) have been clear both in that meeting and any number of times thereafter that they are strongly opposed to the application of the ETS and have had quite strong and vigorous words concerning the application of the ETS to foreign carriers," a senior administration official said on condition of anonymity.

A number of habitats for endangered species, such as the golden eagle, mountain hawk eagle and ptarmigan, lie under the low-altitude routes planned for flights by the MV-22 Osprey, a Japanese envir

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects India to lead global talks on the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), Tony Tyler, the organisation's director general, said on Wednesday, adding that he felt India was not "philosophically opposed" to the scheme.

Two unidentified Indian airlines failed to meet a March 31 deadline to comply with the ETS, which requires carriers to offset their carbon emissions. Separately, Tyler said the IATA was holding talks with Kingfisher Airlines on reinstating the struggling carrier to the global trading platform.

Beijing remains firm on its stance of settling the carbon tax dispute with the European Union through a multilateral approach, a Chinese official said.