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EU to toughen up emissions trading scheme

The European Commission announced on Monday (13 November) that it is looking into tightening the rules on its green Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) whose weaknesses have been exploited by member states.

It has set up a group of experts to look into the problem areas and come up with new proposals to amend the current law next year.

"We now need to see how we can further improve the scheme. The better its design, the easier it will be for other countries to adopt similar policies," ...

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