Letter to Envi Council: Stop subsidising polluters through the ETS

Sent to EU environment ministers ahead of the Environment Council meeting of 20 December 2021, this joint letter demands that EU member states end the damaging practice of issuing free permits to energy-intensive industries under the Emissions Trading System (ETS).

The signatories to the letter are partners in Life ETX, a project led by Carbon Market Watch which seeks to empower civil society to enhance climate governance around the ETS.

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