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MPs call for carbon offset to be included in plane fares

02 August 2007
 

Consumers of high carbon dioxide emitting goods such as flights should have to choose to opt-out of off-setting the CO2 emissions when buying the product, a committee of MPs has said.

The Environmental Audit Committee says the Government should actually make the offsetting payments a mandatory element within the cost of a plane ticket. However, if this is not acceptable to ministers the MPs say that the cost of offsetting the carbon impacts should be included in the price of the ticket and...

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