{
  "id": 1660211,
  "title": "Explainer: What's the EU's carbon market, and why does it matter?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/explainer-whats-the-eus-carbon-market-and-why-does-it-matter",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-18T06:48:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/18/explainer-whats-the-eus-carbon-market-and-why-does-it-matter"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The European Commission proposed revising the bloc's major climate policy, the Emissions Trading System (ETS), on 17 July. Euronews explains what the ETS is, why it is being revised and why it has become an incredibly polarising topic on the EU agenda.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}