MEPs throw lifeline to EU’s ailing carbon market

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Series Details 19.02.13
Publication Date 19/02/2013
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A freeze in the auction of some pollution allowances should be allowed to help boost green investments, according to European Parliament Environment Committee MEPs voting on EU draft legislation on the 19 February 2013.
Source Link http://www.euractiv.com/climate-environment/meps-vote-carbon-market-future-b-news-517898
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European Parliament: Press Release, 19.02.12: Environment committee backs emissions trading fix http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20130218IPR05910/
ESO: Background information: Emissions trading: Commission presents options to reform the European carbon market http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-emissions-trading-commission-presents-options-to-reform-the-european-carbon-market/
Blog: LSE EUROPP, 15.03.13; Low-carbon innovation has risen in Europe, but the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme may not be the main factor in this growth http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2013/03/15/low-carbon-innovation-in-europe-rise-emissions-trading-scheme/
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