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December 20, 2012	UK government defers decision for four years on whether to include international aviation emissions in carbon budgets
July 18, 2012	UK government sets out a long term environmental vision for aviation on climate change and aircraft noise
June 22, 2012	Continued EPA delay over taking action on greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft engines angers US environmental groups
March 4, 2011	UK Government to refer US airline legal challenge over the EU ETS to the European Court of Justice
December 9, 2010	Environment group steps up demand for action by EPA on leaded aviation fuel used by general aviation aircraft
February 2, 2010	Emissions from UK-based international aviation continued on downward path in 2008, reports DECC
January 26, 2010	UK Government to refer US airline legal challenge over the EU ETS to the European Court of Justice
December 14, 2009	UK opens consultation on second stage of transposing Aviation EU ETS directive into national regulations
August 5, 2009	UK Government publishes draft Aviation EU ETS regulations and extends benchmarking deadline to year end
July 6, 2009	UK Prime Minister calls for international aviation to contribute towards a $100 billion global climate fund
March 27, 2009	UK demand for aviation turbine fuel fell by 3 percent in 2008 compared to previous year, reports DECC
March 4, 2009	UK Government announces first consultation on regulations under which the aviation EU ETS will operate
March 2, 2009	DECC launches its carbon offsetting quality mark and starts consultation to clearly define 'carbon neutral'
February 24, 2009	UK statistics report a quadrupling of passengers and trebling of aviation emissions since 1980
February 6, 2009	UK Government finally unveils its controversial quality assurance scheme for carbon offset providers
February 6, 2009	UK domestic and international aviation CO2 emissions declined in 2007 from previous year, reports DECC
December 1, 2008	UK decision to extend passenger duty distance bands and scrap plane tax finds little support from industry
November 28, 2008	UK Government decides against change to a plane tax and instead opts for increases on passenger duty
November 20, 2008	UK's new Transport Secretary says supporting aviation and protecting the environment are completely compatible
October 17, 2008	UK's new environment minister to omit aviation emissions from climate change legislation
October 9, 2008	Aviation should be included in UK targets to cut emissions by 80 percent by 2050, advises climate watchdog
June 6, 2008	Faced with ever-rising oil prices, European airlines vent their anger at environment MEPs
December 10, 2007	Coalition of US environmental groups, states and regional governments file petitions urging EPA into action over aviation pollution
November 23, 2007	Expansion plans for London's Heathrow Airport - those against....
November 14, 2007	Mixed response from environmental groups to European Parliament vote on aviation emissions
October 30, 2007	Mixed reaction from FoE to UK Government's climate change bill announcement