The next step for carbon pricing

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On its own, a UK ETS won't be enough to successfully decarbonise UK industry, warns Make UK's Frank Aaskov

In leaving the European Union, the UK government is proposing to leave the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) and is currently consulting on various options for carbon pricing - the preferred option being...

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