The Congress will formally express its opposition to a European law aimed at reducing pollution from jetliners, a thorny diplomatic issue that has threatened to escalate transatlantic trade tension

The Congress will formally express its opposition to a European law aimed at reducing pollution from jetliners, a thorny diplomatic issue that has threatened to escalate transatlantic trade tension

Despite the twin instances of a low-flying chopper carrying a ruling BJD MP in Satkosia Tiger Reserve in violation of the Wildlife Protection Act having triggered a major controversy, the Odisha Go

India could consider taking retaliatory action against the European Union for imposing a carbon tax on airlines operating from India.

The European Commission on Monday took another technical step to bring all airlines using EU airports into its carbon trading scheme, following on from last year's court ruling that, despite loud i

MUMBAI: The growing concern on carbon emissions and global warming has trickled down to the civil aviation sector in India too.

India has threatened to review the benefits it provides to European airlines as it mounted its opposition to the European Union (EU) move to impose a carbon tax on carriers operating through Europe

Minister for environment and forests (MoEF) Jayanthi Natarajan has shot off a letter to European Union Commissioner for Climate and Energy Connie Hedegaard demanding a reversal of the carbon tax on airline emissions.

The letter has stated that such a unilateral measure “stands not only in violation of the principles and provisions of the international convention, but will also not augur well for the success of future climate change negotiations.”

The Obama administration is laying the groundwork for possible retaliation in response to a European law requiring airlines to pay for carbon emissions.