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EU carbon levy: try to avoid air turbulences / Georg Zachmann, EU Eergy Policy blog, 16/03/2012http://www.energypolicyblog.com/2012/03/16/eu-carbon-levy-try-to-avoid-air-turbulences/ On March 12 the CEOs of Airbus and of eight other European aviation and airline companies urged the leaders of France, Germany, Spain and the UK to solve a dispute with the US, China, India, Russia and 23 other countries over the inclusion of foreign airlines in the European Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) that was extended to the air industry on January 1, 2012. The European CEOs warned that the dispute could lead to foreign retaliation in the form of suspensions or cancellations of orders for European aircrafts that would cost jobs to Europe...