The European Parliament will start discussions “in the autumn” on a proposal to help boost carbon prices by introducing automatic supply controls, said the chair of the assembly’s environment committee Giovanni La Via.
The panel, which leads parliamentary work on emissions-trading laws, will scrutinize the draft “carefully and comprehensively” before a vote, La Via said by e-mail. The fix for the European Union emissions-trading system was put forward by the European Commission in January and aims to alleviate a record glut of pollution permits by introducing a reserve to which excess allowances would be transferred...............................................Full Article: Source |