Business leaders call on EU to protect the carbon price

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Letter to Commission argues permits should be held back to boost cap-and-trade system after carbon plummets to €6.30 a tonne

Some of Europe's largest businesses have demanded that the EU take urgent action to shore up its emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) as carbon prices dropped to another record low. In a letter to European...

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