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EU opposes Polish plan to Sell Pollution Rights

DEUTSCHE WELLE -  Polish Environment Minister Maciej Nowicki on Monday said Warsaw was prepared to sell Ireland and Spain 40 million euros ($60 million) worth of greenhouse gas emissions rights in what would be the first government-to-government deal.   Such a sale is permitted under the Kyoto Protocol, which was ratified in 1997 and expires in 2012. Poland has seen a dramatic drop in greenhouse gas emissions since the fall of communism and, because the Kyoto agreement uses 1990 as a baseline for emission measurements, the country has been left with a surplus of emissions certificates. Read More