Economics Trumps Ideology

Europe backs away from carbon tax on airlines to non-EU countries.

The fact that the US was balking was bad enough, but this was the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back:

Beijing suspended a plan for Chinese airlines to buy dozens of Airbus aircraft, according to Airbus, a unit of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. NV. Russia, meanwhile, withheld new "free of charge" rights for EU-based airlines to fly over Siberia, according to some EU airlines.

And for those who may have forgotten, Canada has withdrawn from the Kyoto Protocol. 

With the oceans rising 3.3 mm/year .... yes "point.3" ....