European steelmakers said they started legal action on Thursday to overturn the way the sector has been included in the European Union's carbon market.
Industry body Eurofer says the rules for the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) do not set a fair benchmark for allowing the industry's most efficient 10 percent of factories to get all their pollution permits for free after 2013.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/steelmakers-sue-eu-over-carbon-market-rules
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/pete-harrison-and-nina-chestney
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/planet-ark-australia
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/europe
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/iron-and-steel-industry-0
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/emissions-trading
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-market
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-transport
