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Environment Committee steps up ambition in amendments to the Market Stability Reserve proposal

Dec 22, 2014 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)

The amendments submitted by ENVI MEPs for the Market Stability Reserve (MSR) reached Sandbag on Friday last week. Relative to the ITRE amendmentsthat came out three week ago many of the ENVI amendments represent a welcome step up in terms of environmental...

European Parliament gives cautious first welcome to carbon market reform

Dec 2, 2014 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)

How the political groups are aligned: An overview of ITRE committee amendments to the Market Stability Reserve proposal An overview of the amendments tabled in the ITRE committee,[1] often a difficult venue for environmental concerns, reveals that the need for some...

Is Europe's new climate target a walk in the park?

Oct 28, 2014 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)

Sandbag responds to the Environment Agency’s 2014 Trends and Projections report. Challenging the limited emissions reductions the Agency expects until 2020 and warning that spare carbon allowances amassed in the EU ETS risk scuppering the 2030 climate target...

Annual ETS Report Launch: “Carbon Fatcats” feast on ballooning EU emissions rights

Oct 15, 2014 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)

Despite radical changes introduced to the European carbon market in 2013, our new report today reveals that hundreds of millions of excess carbon allowances continue to be issued, with a disproportionate share of these being awarded for free to Europe’s “Carbon...

Restarting Europe’s drive for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

Jul 30, 2014 | CCS

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), a variety of processes for extracting CO2 from large point sources and permanently storing it, has been recognised by the European Commission since the 2008 Impact Assessment as an essential part of Europe’s low carbon pathway....

Environment Committee steps up ambition in amendments to the Market Stability Reserve proposal

European Parliament gives cautious first welcome to carbon market reform

Is Europe's new climate target a walk in the park?

Annual ETS Report Launch: “Carbon Fatcats” feast on ballooning EU emissions rights

Restarting Europe’s drive for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

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