Initially, it was only able to do so through a one -
way voluntary acceptance of EU ETS allowances to meet its own trading system's obligations, but joined fully in 2008, once the European Commission had accepted its proposals for a cap and allocation of allowances.
The keeping of the law is man's covenant obligation; and while the records pointedly represent Israel's
acceptance of covenant as
voluntary, they make it equally clear that the nation's redemption — Yahweh's covenant duty — is to be gained in no other
way.