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European carbon market suspended over fraud fears
Telegraph (UK) ^
| Thursday 20 January 2011
| Rowena Mason
Posted on 01/20/2011 11:29:53 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
The European carbon market has been thrown into turmoil after the scandal-hit scheme was suspended for a week over suspicions of fraud.
More than 2bn (£1.7bn) of trade is likely to be disrupted after the European Commission said it would prevent transactions until January 26.
The suspension follows allegations that 475,000 carbon credits worth 7m were stolen in a hacking attack on the Czech carbon register. It appears that the intangible allowances were bounced between eastern European countries before disappearing without a trace.
France's Bluenext exchange was the first to close its platform, while Austria, Poland, Estonia and Greece also shut their registries for trade.
This is not the first challenge to the credibility of the 90bn annual market in carbon allowances
Under the flagship scheme, companies need permits to emit carbon dioxide as part of the global fight against climate change and polluters are granted a certain number of emissions allowances that can be traded.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: algore; carbon; carbontrade; ccx; climatechange; fraud; globalwarminghoax
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The EU is about to go teats up and instead of pursuing rational fiscal policies, they are all screwed up with selling air. Stop the bleeding first.
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01/20/2011 12:29:05 PM PST
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JPG
(There is hope for America and her name is Sarah Palin.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I want to open a hydrogen market..
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01/20/2011 12:29:59 PM PST
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TASMANIANRED
(Liberals are educated above their level of intelligence.. Thanks Sr. Angelica)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Wow, I read that as “European caribou market” and opened it just to see what that could ever mean.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Criminals stealing from criminals. What a deal.
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01/20/2011 12:38:28 PM PST
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Marine_Uncle
(Honor must be earned....Duncan Hunter Sr. for POTUS.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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01/20/2011 12:39:14 PM PST
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azhenfud
(The government is not best which secures life and property-there is a more valuable thing-manhood.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Ha! That’s like Robert Redford suspecting Paul Newman of a double cross in The Sting. A fraud within a fraud. LOL
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01/20/2011 1:44:13 PM PST
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TigersEye
(Who crashed the markets on 9/28/08 and why?)
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01/20/2011 8:00:38 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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