Denmark's plan to offset transport emissions sparks EU row

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Green champion’s push to funnel car emissions into the emissions trading system seen as attempt to bend rules

A Danish bid to expand carbon offsetting to the transport sector has triggered uproar among NGOs and academics, with one new analysis saying it would devastate efforts to reign in fuel emissions. Transport...

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