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European Parliament allocates €18bn for CCS demonstration plants
The European Parliament’s Report on a proposal for a Regulation establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy was adopted in Plenary earlier this month. |
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Scotland puts forward CCS proposals
Scotland has put forward proposals for establishing carbon capture and storage (CCS) plants under the sea bed. |
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Commission to adopt communication on CCS in developing countries
The European Commission plans to adopt a communication on financing carbon capture and storage (CCS) in emerging and developing countries next month. |
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Sweden to call for CO2 emissions tax
Sweden, which takes over the Presidency of the EU Council in July 2009, has stated its intention of pushing for an EU-wide tax on carbon dioxide emissions that would apply to industrial sectors not currently covered by the EU’s Emission Trading Scheme (ETS). |
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Deutsche Bank revises CO2 emissions estimate
Deutsche Bank has cut its 2009 estimate of carbon emissions from sectors covered by the EU’s Emission Trading Scheme (ETS). |
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Greenhouse gas emissions fall in 2008
Greenhouse gas emissions from EU businesses participating in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) fell 3.06% in 2008 compared with a year earlier, according to the European Commission. |
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