Mr Yeo said new rules which required any airline that landed or took off within the EU to take part in its emissions trading scheme gave "cover for change in the coalition's position".

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The company is unable to estimate the amount, if any, by which any refund required by the NYSPSC may exceed this regulatory liability.

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As a theoretical matter, moreover, this sorry episode reveals a larger libertarian truth: Collective decisions should be made only when strictly required, which happens when any decision made for one necessarily binds all.

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