UK EMISSIONS BID
May 1st, 2005
KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has rejected a request from the British government to increase the amount of CO2 emitted within the UK under the European Union's (EU) emissions trading scheme. Brussels initially approved a national allocation plan of 736 million tonnes of CO2 for 2005-2007, but London later asked permission to increase this to 756 million tonnes. EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said: "Our decision should not come as a surprise since we had told the UK authorities that its request was not acceptable". However, he "warmly welcomed" ...
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