EU proposes withholding 900 million credits to boost carbon price

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Allowances set to be auctioned before 2015 would instead be sold in 2019 and 2020

The European Commission yesterday proposed delaying the auction of 900 million carbon emissions allowances in a bid to support its flagging carbon market. Sales scheduled for the next three years would...

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