Tory rebellion scuppers EU carbon market recovery plan

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Over 20 Conservative MEPs defy the Prime Minister to vote down EU emissions trading scheme backloading plan

The blame for the European Parliament's failure to approve crucial plans designed to reform the bloc's faltering emissions trading scheme is being laid at the door of Conservative MEPs, who defied Prime...

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