MEPs approve overhaul of EU carbon emissions trading scheme

European parliament accused of failing in its commitment to Paris climate deal with compromise measures to reduce emissionsAn overhaul of a trading scheme to cut carbon emissions by European industries has been approved in a knife-edge vote by MEPs, although environmental campaigners have been quick to denounce the legislation for not going far enough.Under the proposals agreed in the European parliament in Strasbourg to update the emissions trading scheme (ETS), MEPs hope to balance greater cut