Aviation and Emissions

After a ten-year stalemate, The International Civil Aviation Organization has made a pact to cut greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes. The historic deal is the first time governments have agreed to reduce emissions from a single economic sector.

After a ten-year stalemate, the UN group in charge of combating greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes came to an agreement on how to do just that. Airline trade groups are calling the decision historic. But some environmental groups think the resolution doesn’t go far enough. Host Bruce Gellerman talks with Sarah Burt, an attorney with the law firm Earthjustice, about the scope of the resolution.