Rebuttal of Sandbag report

Published: 06/07/2011

Sandbag publised a report (Buckle Up!) on 6 July 2011 reviewing the operation of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.  It included a number of rash and inaccurate statements about steel companies.  It makes a number of proposals which are frequently illogical and would be damaging to internationally traded sectors such as steel.

Available for download is a detailed rebuttal of several of their claims and proposals.

The download is a summary of the key points made by UK Steel's Director, Ian Rodgers in a speech during Sandbag's launch event at the House of Lords on 6 July 2011.

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