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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11276

18 March 2015
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) ets
Biomass study claims 7% of CO2 emissions not counted due to ETS loophole

Brussels, 17/03/2015 (Agence Europe) - Not counting carbon emissions from burning biomass, as is the case in EU legislation, constitutes a major loophole in the European Emissions Trading System (ETS). According to a study published on Tuesday 17 March by three environment NGOs, this problem needs to be rectified.

The study was carried out by Transport & Environment (T&E) and the European Environment Bureau (EEB) and demonstrates that between 90 and 150 million tonnes of CO2 resulting from...

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