EU parliamentarians agree on CO2 trade reform

Brussels (energate) - The largest political groups in the EU Parliament have agreed on a compromise on the reform of the CO2 emissions trading scheme (ETS). The free allocation of CO2 certificates to industry is now to end more quickly. The ETS reform had unexpectedly failed on 8 June in a vote in the plenary session of the EU Parliament (energate reported). The background to this was that new amendments were repeatedl ...