Five big energy firms are boosting their profits at the expense of consumers from the EU’s emission trading scheme, according to a WWF report seen by a German paper.
A report by leading environmental NGO World Wildlife Fund (WWF) seen by FAZ reveals that big energy companies in Germany abuse the EU's emissions trading scheme, under which companies can trade rights to emit greenhouse gasses.
The firms Eon, RWE, Vattenfall, EnBW and Steag are all being allocated a certain number o...
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