Emission trading scheme and Emissions: Difference between pages

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1. Environmental policy.

The release of harmful gases, radiation, or other pollutants into the environment.

Especially carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases.

2.

Anything released from a living or non-living source.

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-''Environmental policy''.
+. ''Environmental policy.''
-(ETS).
+The release of harmful gases, radiation, or other pollutants into the environment.
-An administrative approach used to control pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants.
+Especially carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases.
-For example, the European Union Emission Trading System (EU ETS) is a mandatory cap and trade scheme that requires Europe's heavy industries and power generators, as the continent's major emitters of carbon dioxide, to monitor and report annually on their carbon dioxide emissions and to purchase and return an amount of emissions allowances to the government that represents each year's carbon dioxide output.
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+Anything released from a living or non-living source.
 == See also ==
-* [[Cap and trade]]
+* [[Carbon credits]]
-* [[Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism]]
+* [[Carbon footprint]]
-* [[Carbon trading]]
+* [[Carbon-neutral]]
-* [[EU Emissions Trading System]]  (EU ETS)
+* [[Carbon tax]]
-* [[Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting]]
+* [[Corporate social responsibility]]
-* [[UK Emissions Trading Scheme]]  (UK ETS)
+* [[CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme]]
+* [[Environmental concerns]]
-[[Category:Manage_risks]]
+* [[Footprint]]
+* [[Greenhouse gas]]
+* [[Montreal Pledge]]
+* [[Renewables]]