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Aviation in the Emissions Trading Scheme: What really happened during “Stop the Clock”?

by Phil MacDonald | Dec 18, 2013 | Carbon Pricing

The EU emissions trading scheme (ETS) was originally intended to cover CO2 emissions from all flights arriving and departing from EU airports. Amid fierce opposition and threats of a trade war, Europe temporarily amended the scheme for 2012 to only include flights...

Ryanair overcharges passengers on the back of green levy

by Rob Elsworth | Dec 18, 2013 | Press releases

In 2012 Ryanair made an estimated €8 million windfall from overcharging its passengers for the costs of the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS), reveals Sandbag Climate Campaign in a new report on aviation’s controversial first year in the EU carbon market....

Germany is not the Green leader they want you to believe

by Rob Elsworth | Dec 13, 2013 | Europe

Germany has a fairy-tale allure for environmentalists. The burgeoning renewable sector, the phase out of nuclear, the transition to low carbon energy or Energiewende to give it its official name. Yet for all the windmills and solar panels Germany is not the green...
EU’s 2020 targets allow massive growth in emissions: Emissions Trading Scheme reform is urgently needed ahead of 2020

EU’s 2020 targets allow massive growth in emissions: Emissions Trading Scheme reform is urgently needed ahead of 2020

by Rob Elsworth | Dec 10, 2013 | Press releases

The EU’s emissions can increase by 2.2% year-on-year and still technically meet Europe’s 2020 emissions reduction target, because of a loophole in how the targets are set, says Sandbag Climate Campaign in a briefing note released today.

The EU’s 2020 targets allow massive growth in emissions: Emissions Trading Scheme reform is urgently needed ahead of 2020

by Damien Morris | Dec 9, 2013 | Europe

**The EU’s emissions can increase by 2.2% year-on-year and still technically meet Europe’s 2020 emissions reduction target, because of a loophole in how the targets are set**, says Sandbag Climate Campaign in a [briefing note released...
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