Sustainability and Environment
Bizav’s carbon conundrum
With Europe set to begin cap-and-trade of aviation emissions in 2012, and Congress working on legislation that would cap the greenhouse gases that have bee

With Europe set to begin cap-and-trade of aviation emissions in 2012, and Congress working on legislation that would cap the greenhouse gases that have been linked to global warming, Conklin & de Decker cofounder and president Bill de Decker is sounding the alarm for just how seriously the plans could affect business aviation.

Under H.R.2454, the “American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009,” the goal is to reduce CO2 emissions to 17 percent of 2005 levels by 2050, with intermediate reductions to 97 percent of 2005 levels by 2012, 80 percent by 2020 and 58 percent by 2030.