Airline Bid to Cut Pollution Cost May Wipe Out Carbon Demand
- Industry seeks to make 2019 the only baseline year for market
- Move would limit funds for emissions-cutting projects
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Airlines are seeking to change the rules of a global system that’s set to limit their pollution starting next year.
The adjustment would make 2019 the only baseline year against which the airline’s carbon emissions are measured, an adjustment the industry says is necessary to reflect the grounding of many flights during the caronavirus pandemic this year. Currently, baseline emissions are set to be measured over 2019 and 2020.