EU court advisor supports pollution fines against foreign airlines

[JURIST] The EU Court of Justice (ECJ) [official website] advocate general Juliane Kokott on Thursday issued an opinion stating that an EU law forcing foreign airlines using EU airports to pay fees for greenhouse gas emissions is lawful [opinion, text]. Kokott said that the carbon emission fees do not violate international law, as several US and Canadian airlines have argued. The airlines filed for judicial review of an EU Directive 2008/101/EC [PDF], which announced that airlines would have to comply…