EU STEEL INDUSTRY WANTS LEADERS TO EASE ITS EMISSION TRADING COMMITMENTS
June 8th, 2014
European steel industry association Eurofer has called on European Union (EU) heads of states and governments meeting tomorrow (June 27) in Brussels to ensure changes to the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) after 2020 do not drive the sector out of Europe.“We need 100% free allocation of allowances, with no reduction targets, and better benchmarks,” Eurofer secretary general Gordon Moffat told journalists during a briefing organised in the European Parliament yesterday (25 June).EU leaders are due to discuss a proposal by the European Commission announced in ...
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