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Published online 30 January 2008 | Nature 451, 504-505 (2008) | doi:10.1038/451504a
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Europe spells out action plan for emissions targets
Heavy industry set to pay for allowances under carbon-trading scheme.
Power stations in Europe will have to pay for permits to release carbon dioxide as soon as 2013, the European Commission announced last week. But although heavy industries will be included in the European Union's emissions trading scheme (ETS), the commission stopped short of making sectors such as steel and paper pay for their permits.
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