As backloading passes, Davey promises push for "structural reform" of carbon market

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European Council provides final rubberstamp for EU emissions trading scheme backloading, but campaigners promise to step up calls for wider reforms

The price of carbon in the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS) is set to rise next year, after the European Council yesterday granted final approval to plans to delay the auctioning of 900 million carbon...

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