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Poland takes hard line on EU carbon price for heating
(EurActiv, 24 Nov 2022) In a letter addressed to the EU institutions, Poland warns against introducing any kind of carbon price for heating fuels, arguing that a warm home in winter should not be a market commodity.
The missive, signed by Poland’s climate and environment minister Anna Moskwa, rings the alarm about plans to extend the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme to heating and transport fuels.
“We are in a time of an energy price crisis,” the letter recalls, saying the price of coal, oil and gas have hit historical records with “the very likely consequence that it will lead to increased energy poverty” across the European Union.
“We cannot allow this to happen,” the Polish minister warns. “We want our citizens to be warm and safe in winter, and this is not an issue on which there can be a compromise during the trialogues”.
“A warm home in winter should not be a market commodity, but a right of citizens,” the letter insists.
Emergency brake
Proposals to extend carbon pricing to heating and transport fuels are part of a wider package of energy and climate laws aiming to reduce the EU’s emissions by 55% before the decade’s end.
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