Companies rush to surrender industrial gas credits before ban

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Credits derived from HFC and adipic acid projects made up 84 per cent of all CERs handed in last year

Companies covered by the EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) are racing to hand in so-called "grey credits" generated by plants destroying industrial gas before their use is banned. The 12,000 participating...

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