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The man behind the Stern report, Nicholas Stern (l) met with environment commissioner Dimas (r) on Thursday (Photo: EUobserver)

Brussels hints at rejection of weak green plans

EU environment commissioner Stavros Dimas has hinted he might reject some member states' plans on reducing carbon emissions under the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS) - the bloc's main tool in the fight against climate change.

"The fact that plans submitted so far propose caps in most cases exceeding verified emissions for 2005 is disappointing," Mr Dimas said on Thursday (9 November).

"The commission cannot allow the credibility of this crucial and innovative policy instrument t...

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