14-Nov-2012 20:29 EU

Airline Carbon Tax: US Fights, EU Postpones, Environmentalists Worry :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The U.S. House of Representatives passed and sent President Barack Obama a bill Tuesday that would bar U.S. airlines from having to pay penalties under the European Union's controversial Emissions Trading Scheme, or EU ETS. The proposal, which already passed the Senate, came one day after an EU commissioner proposed suspending the program while efforts to reach an internationally agreed upon approach to reduce emissions continue through the International Civil Aviation Organization, or ICAO.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/airline-carbon-tax-us-fights-eu-postpones-environmentalists-worry-879622

EU workers in austerity protests :: Tens of thousands of workers stage protests and strikes across Europe against rising unemployment and austerity measures.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20320993#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

EU defends women-on-boards plans :: The European Commission says plans to have at least 40% women non-executive directors on major company boards by 2020 have not be watered down.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20322317#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

EU workers protest austerity :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/WGIiq-0QKIc/

EU 2013 budget talks in crisis :: The EU Commission has to redraft the EU's 2013 budget after a row over extra funding torpedoes negotiations.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20322844#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

VIDEO: Reding welcomes EU boardroom move :: EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reading hails a "breakthrough initiative" that will force publicly listed European companies to place women in boardroom positions.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20322464#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

EU firms slash travel budgets :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/7OKq2knxrKw/index.html