Air Transport News.Nov 13, 2006 New House leaders could stall DOT initiatives. New House Democratic leaders could frustrate some DOT initiatives, including changes in FAA funding and the liberalization lib·er·al·ize v. lib·er·al·ized, lib·er·al·iz·ing, lib·er·al·iz·es v.tr. To make liberal or more liberal: "Our standards of private conduct have been greatly liberalized . . . of foreign ownership laws, some observers say. Some Democrats have questioned the need for changing the model for agency funding. The Air Transport Association supports a user-fee system that would require business aviation to pay its fair share for the services it uses. Nov 10, 2006 EC set to include airlines in existing emissions trading Emissions trading (or cap and trade) is an administrative approach used to control pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants. scheme. The European Commission European Commission, branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU) invested with executive and some legislative powers. Located in Brussels, Belgium, it was founded in 1967 when the three treaty organizations comprising what was then the European Community will submit a proposal in the next several weeks to include airlines in the EU's existing emissions trading scheme, EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas Stavros Dimas (Greek: Σταύρος Δήμας) (born 30 April 1941) is a Greek politician, currently serving as European Commissioner for the Environment. said yesterday. Nov 10, 2006 Group will advise EC on aviation issues. The European Commission plans to create a group to steer future aviation regulation. The group will include government regulators, air navigation service providers, airspace users, airports and aviation industry representatives. Nov 9, 2006 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Oct 30, 2006 |
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