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  • Published: Mar 16th, 2010
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Top Polluters Dodge EU’s Tough Carbon Trading Measures


The report by British non-governmental group Sandbag claims that some of Europe’s biggest polluters are choosing the easiest – and arguably less effective – option provided by the European Union’s carbon trading scheme. Instead of cutting their greenhouse gas emissions, a number of them are choosing to purchase so-called carbon offsets — used to finance environmental projects in the developing world.

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