Sentences with phrase «unused emissions permits»

Its East European members have unused emissions permits left over from the first period of the Kyoto protocol.

Its east European members have unused emissions permits left over from the first period of the Kyoto protocol.

But western European nations, especially France, wanted to see the U.S. make painful cuts in its use of energy rather than permit the purchase of unused emission permits from Russia.

Not exact matches

Unused greenhouse - gas emission permits from the first period won't have buyers in the second phase, officials from the European Union and the United Nations said earlier this week.

The French had a point: the emission trading scheme, while it would have allowed the U.S. to sign on, was really a cop - out, since buying unused permits from Russia would mean that overall emissions to the atmosphere would not actually be reduced at all.