The EU's key tool to reach its Kyoto climate commitments – the Emissions Trading Scheme – is being undermined by polluting companies across Europe, which are buying their way out of cutting their greenhouse gas emissions, the World Wildlife Fund for Nature has warned.
In the report – Emission Impossible - launched on Wednesday (13 June) the NGO looked at the CO2 emission reduction plans of nine EU member states – France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,...
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