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Shipping "will enter EU carbon trading scheme"

ENDS Europe
Tuesday 17 April 2007

The shipping sector will be included in the EU's carbon emission trading scheme, the European commission has confirmed. The commission is to take action after concluding that efforts to cut emissions globally through the International maritime organisation (IMO) are not bearing fruit quickly enough. It will launch consultations in the autumn on potential legislative proposals to amend the scheme (ETS).

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