EU reform of emissions trading faces industrial challenge
Handelsblatt
The European Commission is aiming to reform emissions trading but faces strong opposition from German industry and power companies, Klaus Stratmann writes in Handelsblatt. The cost of emission allowances have remained low for years and that’s something the European Commission is intent on changing. Energy intensive companies see the plans as a threat, however, and are seeking support from the German government. Angela Merkel’s coalition government has so far remained tight-lipped on the matter.
Read the article in German here (behind paywall).
All texts created by the Clean Energy Wire are available under a
“Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0)”
.
They can be copied, shared and made publicly accessible by users so long as they give appropriate credit, provide a
link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.