The UK has started legal action against the European Commission in a bid to get its carbon allowance raised.
Under the EU's emissions trading scheme, the UK originally asked for an allowance of 736 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) but then tried to up the amount to 756 million tonnes following intense industry lobbying, the Independent reports.
London claimed the original figure had been only a provisional figure but when it tried to re-submit the revised higher figure, it f...
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