6/30/2021
By Marine Strauss
BRUSSELS, July 1 (Reuters) - The European Union should set
binding targets for airlines to use a share of green
"e-kerosene" to reduce carbon emissions, Lufthansa and
a group of environmental campaigners, fuel producers and
airports said in a letter on Thursday.
The European Commission will propose targets for airlines to
use a minimum share of sustainable fuels on July 14. The
Commission dropped earlier draft plans for airlines to reach a
5% share of low-carbon fuels in 2030, increasing to above 60% in
2050, as the targets were deemed too low.
In the letter addressed to the bloc's climate and transport
chiefs, Lufthansa, campaign group Transport and Environment and