By Louis de Briant ( May 28, 2026, 13:27 GMT | Insight) -- Six EU countries are calling on the European Commission to halt planned changes to the bloc's Emissions Trading System that would reduce the amount of free carbon allowances available to energy-intensive industries. Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, Romania and Slovakia urged the commission to keep ETS benchmarks at their current levels, and preserve higher free allocations, arguing that planned revisions would sharply increase costs for hard-to-abate sectors already facing high energy prices and global competition.Six EU countries are calling on the European Commission to keep current Emissions Trading System, or ETS, benchmarks in place for hard-to-abate industries, in a letter sent this week to the commission....
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