carbon market
Apr 7 2008, San

The EU’s fledgling market for carbon today shrugged off provisional figures showing that Europe’s big polluters emitted lower levels of carbon dioxide than allowed last year.

The price of carbon permits for 2008 rose by 4% as investors took the view...

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