EU set to put greener aviation fuel in planes

EU lawmakers and member state governments have reached agreement on boosting “green” aviation fuels at airports to cut carbon emissions, officials said Wednesday.

The preliminary deal would see a minimum two percent of sustainable aviation fuel — synthetic, biofuel, or recycled from waste gases and plastic — mixed into currently used kerosene starting from 2025, rising gradually to 70 percent by 2050.

The agreement is part of the European Union’s transition to a net carbon-neutral future, and follows a sweeping reform of the bloc’s carbon market that is expanded to include sea and air transport.