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Europe on collision course over emissions costs

The EU's largest obstacle is Poland's objection to proposals to make power stations buy permits to pollute from 2013. The plan could ramp up costs for Poland's power sector, which is about 95 percent dependent on highly polluting coal. The country wants more time to prepare for carbon caps.
The other major issue comes from Germany and Italy, which fear that plans to make industry pay for permits to pollute will damage their countries' abilities to compete in global markets, putting thousands of jobs at risk.
The two countries are calling for large swathes of industry facing higher costs and tough international competition to be 80-100 percent exempt from buying emissions permits from the EU's flagship Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).

Merkel: Jobs More Important Than Climate Change | Business | Deutsche Welle | 08.12.2008

Chancellor Angela Merkel has been keen to promote herself as a tough actor on climate change, but with a new EU climate deal in the making, she's issued a new caveat: It must not jeopardize German jobs.