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2022-05-24 | |
发布年 | 2022 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
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正文(英文) | More than 30 companies fined as part of efforts to reduce emissionsFines have been issued for breaches of climate change schemes which are in place to help ensure the UK reaches its target of net zero emissions by 2050. More than 30 companies have been issued with fines by the Environment Agency as part of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The fines have been issued for breaches of climate change schemes which are in place to help ensure the UK reaches its target of net zero emissions by 2050. Under the EU Emissions Trading System, firms running power plants and energy companies were fined after under-reporting their emissions for a specific year, while others failed to submit the necessary reports outlining their emissions for a specific year. Under the Climate Change Agreements scheme, brewing and automotive companies are among those fined after failing to sufficiently reduce their energy use and carbon dioxide emissions – having signed up for a voluntary agreement with the Environment Agency which entitled them to a discount on the Climate Change Levy for doing so. And under the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme, firms including those involved in insurance and the manufacture of machinery have been fined for failing to complete audits of the energy used by their business and failing to identify cost-effective energy saving measures. The fines published today cover the 2020-21 financial year, with more than £27 million of fines issued to 33 companies for breaches of the European Union Emissions Trading System, CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gas regime. Liz Parkes, Deputy Director for Climate Change at the Environment Agency, said:
The UK is a world leader in the global effort to tackle climate change and was the first major economy to legislate to cut its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. The UK has set in law a highly ambitious climate change target, to cut emissions by 78% by 2035 compared with 1990 levels and to net zero by 2050. Further information:
Published 24 May 2022
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/349702 |
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