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EASAC calls on EU legislators to account for biomass emissions in ETS

Brussels, 26/08/2020 (Agence Europe)

The European Academies Scientific Advisory Council (EASAC), an organisation of the national academies of science of the EU Member States, Norway, Switzerland, and the UK, called on EU lawmakers on Wednesday 26 August to include carbon emissions from the use of biomass for electricity generation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).

At present, installations exclusively using biomass are not covered by the ETS system, unlike those using fossil fuels. However, according to the EASAC,...