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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Ajit Niranjan

Europe’s most effective tool to cut greenhouse gas emissions ‘risks being weakened’

People shelter under reflective silver emergency blankets in a sunny public square
Western Europe has endured its hottest June ever, with temperatures scientists said would be ‘virtually impossible’ without climate breakdown. Photograph: Ralf Hirschberger/AFP/Getty Images

Europe’s most effective method of cutting dangerous planet-heating gases risks being weakened after the European Commission proposed an overhaul of its flagship carbon market, critics have said.

In a long-awaited review of the European Union emissions trading system (ETS), the European Commission proposed giving companies a less demanding and cheaper pathway to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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