Brussels' climate plan ups pressure on polluting businesses

James S Murray
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EU action plan aims to increase carbon prices and drive renewables investment, in move designed to strengthen case for low carbon business models

The European Commission released its long-anticipated climate change action plan today, unveiling a raft of measures and targets that will crank up pressure on firms to embrace low carbon business models...

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