The 2005 European Union Emission Trading Scheme Is an Agreement

question 82

Multiple Choice

The 2005 European Union Emission Trading Scheme is an agreement among 24 European Union nations to

• A) eliminate air pollution and greenhouse gases by the year 2020.
• B) reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
• C) provide fast growing developing countries such as India and China with the technology to reduce their carbon emissions.
• D) impose a carbon tax by the year 2020 on all industries that emit carbon dioxide.

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