Article: Belgium : EU Poised to Give Heavy Industry Free Carbon Permits.

Article: Over-Allocation of Carbon Permits Undermines EU ...
Chemweek's Business Daily;  May 19, 2006 ;     457 words ...Figures published recently by the European Commission confirm earlier fears that European Union (EU) member ... carbon credits to their national industries last year. Carbon permits are traded under the EU's cap-and-trade emissions ...

Article: EU to swap carbon permits with UN program
AP Worldstream;  August 7, 2008 ;     539 words ...The European Union and the United Nations have agreed to start swapping carbon trading permits in October, the European Commission said Thursday. This will allow European companies to gain a permit to pollute at home if they invest in projects ...

Article: United Kingdom : EU to swap carbon permits with UN ...
TendersInfo;  August 8, 2008 ;     520 words ... ... The European Union and the United Nations have agreed to start swapping carbon trading permits in October, the European Commission said Thursday. This will allow European companies to gain a permit to pollute at home if they invest in projects ...

Article: EU nations: all airlines flying to Europe should trade ...
AP Worldstream;  December 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... profit margins are narrow and it will have to pass some of the burden on to customers with higher prices. But the European Commission insists that a return ticket price within the EU should only rise by between euro1.80 (US$2.58) and euro9 ...

Article: FED: Call for carbon permits for workers if jobs go ...
AAP General News (Australia);  September 30, 2008 ;     277 words ... ... General News (Australia) 09-30-2008 FED: Call for carbon permits for workers if jobs go offshore The Australian Workers Union ... overseas by the move to emissions trading .. should be handed carbon permits worth about 65-thousand dollars. The Australian newspaper ...

Article: Australia: Steelmakers line up for free carbon ...
TendersInfo;  July 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... steel companies' operations would be eligible for free carbon permits under the protection regime for emissions-intensive trade ... start on July 1, 2010, the Government plans to offer free carbon permits to eligible EITE activities to discourage carbon leakage ...

Article: FED: Workers should be given carbon permits too, ...
AAP General News (Australia);  July 23, 2008 ;     325 words ... ... Australia) 07-23-2008 FED: Workers should be given carbon permits too, says union CANBERRA, July 23 AAP - Workers should ... argues if that happens the government should pass on the carbon permits to affected workers. "Workers should have those permits ...