Carbon trading experts urge government to stay in EU ETS until at least 2020

Madeleine Cuff
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International Emissions Trading Association writes to government to warn of business risk that would be triggered by withdrawal from EU carbon market post-Brexit

The government is facing mounting pressure to clarify its plans for the EU's Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) after Brexit, after the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) wrote to Climate Change...

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