Brussels, 02/04/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has approved the British scheme for exemption from paying the tax relating to climate change, a tax that took effect on 1 April 2001 in the aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Britain by 12.5%, in the context of the Kyoto Protocol. This tax should make it possible to reduce carbon production by around 5 million tonnes by the year 2010 and bring in one billion pounds sterling during its first complete year of...