… and even Romania wants a piece of the action
30 Apr 2010
Romania will set up a carbon trading scheme to cut greenhouse gas emissions, hoping to earn more than $3 billion until 2012.
"Romania can trade about 300 million credits, divided into one-million-tonne packages," economy minister Adriean Videanu said.
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