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Ahead of the green game

Given the efforts they have already made to reduce emissions, many German firms do not share their environment minister’s enthusiasm for the EU’s new, obligatory cross-border greenhouse gas emissions trading market. Jessica McCallin reports

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German industry is not happy with the country’s environment minister. Following the European Union’s decision in December to launch a mandatory cross-border greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions trading market, Jürgen Trittin has set out what German firms see as unnecessarily high targets for reducing emissions.

Under the cross-border trading system – decided on by the European Union in December and the

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