Europe hails ETS cap-and-trade success

James S Murray
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Environment commissioner claims emissions trading is "yielding results" after emissions from firms covered by ETS climbed just 0.68 per cent in 2007

European environment commissioner Stavros Dimas has today argued that the European Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) had already proved successful at curbing emissions and is on track to deliver real cuts...

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