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Ireland adopts carbon tax for non-ETS sectors
The Irish parliament has approved a carbon tax for sectors not covered by the EU's emissions trading scheme (ETS), starting at €15 per tonne. The tax was one of several measures proposed by the government as part of its 2010 budget.
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