Environment MEPs vote down benchmarking decision

摘要

The European Parliament's Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee have rejected an attempt by seven MEPs to block the benchmarking rules for the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) after 2013, a move welcomed by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The seven MEPs had presented two motions for resolutions objecting to a draft benchmarking decision that allowed certain types of industrial installations to receive carbon allowances for free for a limited period (see EE&PL: February 23, 2011,p25).