EU: cap on emissions windfall set at 2.2% per year
The European Parliament and the Council (Environment Ministers) agreed on 28 February its negotiating position for the revision of the Emission Trading System (EU ETS), says Cem...
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Cembureau welcomes European Parliament's approach to EU-ETS policymaking
Cembureau has reponded to this week's vote in Strasbourg by the European Parliament, welcoming its decision not to deliberately discriminate between sectors and to apply a fact-...
Ireland: cement firms make windfall profits from ETS permits
CRH, Lagan Cement and Quinn Cement have together made EUR128m (US$145m) through the sale of permits under the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS). On Sunday, the Irish Independent...
Call for higher tax on Irish cement sector windfall profits
The Irish cement industry is getting tens of millions of euro annually in windfall profits due to anomalies in the EU Emissions Trading Systems (ETS), according to the chief of ...