Theresa May urged to clarify Brexit environment policy as over 1,400 British industrial sites face serious disruption

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  • NEW: Members of both Westminster and European Parliaments join the UK energy industry in urging Theresa May to clarify her post-Brexit environmental policy.
  • As things stand, over 1,400 industrial sites across the UK participate in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) — the EU’s programme for tackling harmful carbon emissions.
  • British businesses across a wide range of sectors export carbon-based goods on ETS rules.
  • The ETS has also given financial support to British businesses which are outdated and struggling financially.
  • The UK government still has not clarified its plans for the ETS.
  • “We need an urgent decision on whether we continue participating in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme,” the chief executive of a leading energy group tells Business Insider.

BRUSSELS — Theresa May has been urged to clarify her post-Brexit environmental policy amid increasing concern that nearly 1,500 industrial sites owned by businesses across the United Kingdom face a cliff-edge scenario.

MPs, MEPs and industry leaders have called on the UK government to confirm whether it wants to keep Britain in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) — the EU-wide programme for tackling carbon emissions — after Brexit.

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