2005: The world’s only mandatory carbon trading program, the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), takes effect. In conjunction with the Kyoto Protocol, the ETS caps the amount of CO2 that can be emitted from large installations, such as power plants and factories, in the EU’s 25 member countries (Wikipedia. 2007).
Reference: Wikipedia. Retrieved 2007June. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emissions_trading#European_Union
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