Following the consultation period over the summer, DEFRA has now put before Parliament regulations to encode the EC’s directive on linking emissions trading with the Kyoto Project mechanisms. The regulations will take effect on 2005-11-13. The Government has said it will not impose any limit on the use by UK organizations of credits generated [...]

Today’s Financial Times has an article on the pressures leading the UK Government to a rethink of its energy policies, just 3 years since the last review. The main reason is the prospect of higher gas and electricity prices over the next two years, primarily due to the harsh winters expected. The article is:
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