EC’s planned carbon market expansion faces resistance

EC’s planned carbon market expansion faces resistance — — -Brussels (Brussels Morning) The European Commission’s plan to expand the carbon market scheme to include heating and automobile fuels faces resistance from EU member states, with MEPs also warning of public pushback.

Leaked documents show that the EC is planning to set up a separate carbon emissions market for heating and transport, and that in all likelihood, the industries involved will pass along the resulting price increase to consumers, Reuters reports.