BRUSSELS GIVES FOOD SECTOR A BREAK ON CARBON EMISSIONS
September 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
KEY elements of the European Union (EU) food industry should be exempt from the EU's plans to auction carbon dioxide emissions permits from 2013. The European Commission has unveiled a draft list of businesses it fears could relocate to jurisdictions with weaker climate change rules. Under the list released on Friday (September 18), selected industries would have free carbon credits from 2013 to 2020; pollution permits would be capped at the 2007-8 levels of the most efficient 10% of companies in a particular sector. Clothing and textile ...
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