EU’s carbon credits programme to go ahead despite US airline protests

US AIRLINES have failed to block an EU law charging carriers flying to Europe for their carbon pollution.

The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg dismissed arguments that imposing the EU’s cap-and-trade carbon credits programme on flights to and from European airports infringes on national sovereignty or violates international aviation treaties. US and other non-European airlines had sued the EU, arguing that they were exempt from the law.

Environmentalists called the law a first step in controlling carbon emissions in a key economic sector, and EU officials said they expected airlines to comply.