China has "banned" all airlines in the country from joining the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) aimed at cutting carbon emissions. The authorities have also barred the airlines from increasing their fares or adding new charges for the scheme.
The scheme has come in for severe criticism not just from China but also from other countries such as the US and Canada.
The move by the Chinese authorities is likely to complicate the issue as the EU will have to decide on what measures it will take from here on.
"It is going to be very tricky. You have to wait and see how the EU will react," Siva Govindasamy of Flightglobal told the BBC. "They would be able to stop the Chinese airlines from flying to the EU, but that could see retaliatory action by China which will not be good for either side."
Analysts said that given the differences between the various parties involved, the matter may have to be resolved by an international body.
"It could potentially end up on the desk of the World Trade Organization as the countries who are against it have said it is an unfair trade practice," said Frost & Sullivan's Mr Lavigne. "Both sides have claimed that this is either fair or unfair, so it is very difficult to see how this is going to shape up."
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Good for the Chinese.
Posted by: kelly ||
02/06/2012 9:13 Comments ||
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This reminds me of the Rita Rudner skit about the dead pony at the birthday party with the kids taking rids by dragging the dead animal around the yard.
The libs and the true believers are going to ride the dead horse of global warming for all its worth inspite of all of the science that has refuted it...including the scientist that says we ended the warming cycle five years ago and are headed for another cooling cycle.
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Change you can beleive in.
Posted by: jack salami ||
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I'd like to see them ban Chinese planes from their airports. Really, I think that would be very interesting.
A recently published "lexicon" distributed to thousands of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) targets citizens concerned about their Second Amendment rights and the steady encroachment of the federal government, categorizing such as "militia extremists."
The "lexicon," marked Unclassified/For Official Use Only (FOUO), is dated November 10, 2011, and was sent out by email to law enforcement and homeland security agencies on November 14 by LaJuan E. Washington of the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis.
We have exclusively posted the DHS "lexicon" here.
Its definition of "militia extremists" states:
(U//FOUO) Groups or individuals who facilitate or engage in acts of violence directed at federal, state, or local government officials or infrastructure in response to their belief that the government deliberately is stripping Americans of their freedoms and is attempting to establish a totalitarian regime. These individuals consequently oppose many federal and state authorities' laws and regulations, (particularly those related to firearms ownership), and often belong to armed paramilitary groups. They often conduct paramilitary training designed to violently resist perceived government oppression or to violently overthrow the US Government. (Page 2 of 3, emphasis added)
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g(r)omgoru is correct, and more so. "Acts of violence" are no longer inclusive to physical acts, but have been redefined as not only "hate crimes", but "thought crimes" and "conspiracy" as well.
Evidence of this may consist of reading materials, websites visited, public forum postings, ownership of common supplies and materials that could *theoretically* be used to create a bomb or other weapon.
Even agreeing with an inflammatory statement made by a police informant, or failure to report such a statement to the police may be considered acts of violence.
In other words, it has been "defined down" to being a subjective accusation, with evidence compiled after the fact.
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The part that pisses me off is that it casts a net of suspicion so broad and generalized as to ensnare huge amounts of good citizens - that is, it includes so many people that its useless as a standard. This so-called standard was concocted by morons - blanket folders who have never done any REAL field ops or analysis. University types who got where they are by political pull, not success in the Intelligence community or military operations community.
DHS should be disbanded, the function should be placed under FBI control, and the qualifications should be much higher. I had my doubts back then but I am sure of it now: George Bush was an idiot for going along with the establishment of this agency.
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Requiring Religious organizations to support abortion which goes against religious teachings is a "soft" act of tyranny in regards to the current Federal Government authorities (Executive Brabch Democrats) and more "extremist" Presidential fiats that are coming down the pipe in regards to blatantly intrude on the constitutional right to bear arms requires these people to start grooming law enforcement to act against the expected back lash. The disbanding of our military is in full motion. The disarming of the citizens is now important. It is a race against the clock. Over the next few months you will see some extreme dictates from Obama. And you can be sure the master planners have this all mapped out with an agressive time line.
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The extremists are not American citizens. The extremists are the most Liberal American President in the history of the United States and his administration.
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Disagreement, the newest form of violence.
Some day you will have to pass a brain scan lie detector to prove your allegiance to the party. Or you won't be allowed on the bus.
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China has "banned" all airlines in the country from joining the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) aimed at cutting carbon emissions. The authorities have also barred the airlines from increasing their fares or adding new charges for the scheme.
