The CRC is not dead yet - Environment Agency dishes out latest fines for emissions scheme non-compliance

James Murray
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Environment Agency confirms a number of public sector bodies caught out as it announces latest CRC and EU ETS penalties

Chancellor George Osborne may have announced in last month's Budget that the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) is to be scrapped, but businesses covered by the emissions reporting and taxation scheme were...

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