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EU carbon reserve to be instituted in 2018, effective as of 2021
A carbon market reserve to eliminate surplus from the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) should be instituted in 2018 and effective from 2021, as indicated in the text of the latest concession offer put forward by the Latvian EU presidency.
read more... 17/03/2015
Czech Republic against carbon market reform before 2021
The Czech Republic opposes to hastening reform of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), but would sustain putting additional allowances into a reserve the European Commission has suggested as a possibility of consolidating the price of carbon allowances.
read more... 05/03/2015
Nineteen EU nations distribute 500 million free 2015 CO2 permits
Nineteen countries, counting Germany, Britain and France, have thus far distributed a total of approximately 500 million free European Union carbon permits to industry to cover their 2015 emissions, as indicated by European Commission data on Tuesday.
read more... 04/03/2015
Britain: decline of coal—fired power generation to five-year low in 2014
Britain's coal-fired power generation last year dropped to a five-year low, according to government data showed on Thursday, signifying it was possible that power plant emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the EU's second major carbon polluter also declined.
read more... 27/02/2015
Netherlands distributes 46 million free carbon allowances to industry
The Netherlands has started to hand out this year's quota of free carbon permits to industry, as stated by the Dutch Emissions Authority (NEA) on Thursday.
read more... 27/02/2015