POLAND EMISSIONS
April 1st, 2005
KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has conditionally approved the greenhouse gas pollution allocation plan of Poland and the Czech Republic, leaving the European Union (EU) just two countries shy of approving all national components of its emissions trading scheme. Now only Greece and Italy await approval. The Polish scheme is the larger of the two new schemes, allowing the emission 717.3 million tonnes of CO2, a cut of 141.3 million tonnes (16.5%) for 2005-2007 below the levels originally proposed by Warsaw. With 1,166 installations in Poland covered, this ...
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