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Are EU plans to reform its Emissions Trading System a lifeline for struggling industry and a much-needed boost for carbon removals, or a giant subsidy that gives firms more freedom to pollute?

European Commission sets out plan to ease carbon costs for industry and unveils Electrification Action Plan - but campaigners fear reforms could slow pace of decarbonisation

Bloc's flagship carbon market helped avoid around 800 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually over two-year period, according to new data

European Parliament and Council provisionally agree steps to boost liquidity, reduce price volatility, and strengthen carbon market's ability to respond to unwarranted price increases

Tightening Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandates, carbon offsetting rules, and emissions reduction goals could squeeze airline profit margins, according to BloombergNEF

Government confirms plans to remove Carbon Price Support from April 2028 and reveals work is continuing to limit influence of gas in setting wholesale power prices

ECB board member Frank Elderson emphasises clean energy transition is only way to safeguard the economy from price shocks such as those sparked by wars in Iran and Ukraine

As the Iran war sends jet fuel prices skyrocketing, airlines are cancelling flights, raising fares and lobbying against the EU's ETS - but weakening green policies won't protect airlines, it will lock in their vulnerability, writes Aoife O'Leary from...

Open letter backed by almost 150 major manufacturers, corporates, and investors argues EU's flagship climate policy must remain 'predictable, credible, and ambitious'

Official data shows emissions from China's energy and industry inched down 0.3 per cent last year, driven by ongoing surge in clean power output