The European Union should scrap its Emissions Trading System or exempt Poland fr...
WARSAW - The European Union should scrap its Emissions Trading System or exempt Poland from the scheme, which helps combat global warming, to free up funds for Warsaw to fight the effects of the coronavirus, a senior Polish official said.
“The results of fighting coronavirus will be painful. It is obvious that countries will be looking for extra money to help their business and citizens,” Janusz Kowalski, Deputy Minister of State Assets, told Reuters on Tuesday. Poland generates most of its electricity from coal. Kowalski said he would expect other states in central and eastern Europe to support the proposal.
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