EU environment ministers approve post-2020 ETS reforms

Madeleine Cuff
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Measures to overhaul system, including €12bn innovation fund and speedier reductions in allowances, have been approved by EU countries but must now win full backing from EU bodies

EU Member States have voted in favour of a new package of measures to overhaul the European Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) after 2020, which has for years been dogged by low prices and a surplus of allowances....

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