First carbon allowances to be auctioned next month

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Businesses are urging the government to use its carbon credit income to fund cleantech innovation

EU carbon trading entered phase 2 this year The government has announced it will auction its first ever batch of carbon credits under the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) next month. In the first...

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