India seeks reversal of EU airline carbon levy – 11 January 2012, Mint Live Journal

India has warned the European Union (EU) that the carbon levy it has begun imposing on airlines will hinder future climate-change negotiations and demanded a rollback. Environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan has written to the EU’s Commissioner for Climate and Energy Connie Hedegaard calling for an immediate reversal of the tax, which came into force on 1 January.