SDKÚ claims Environment Ministry sold emission quotas cheaply
The Environment Ministry has sold quotas for 10 to 15 million tonnes of environmental emissions for a significantly lower price than the Czech Republic and Ukraine, said opposition SDKÚ-DS MP Ivan Mikloš at a press conference on Monday, April 20, the TASR newswire reported.
Mikloš said that SDKÚ-DS has been trying for several months to find out how the tender for the sale of the quotas was organised, but hasn't managed to do so.
“This tender was not posted even on a (ministry) bulletin board,” said Mikloš, referring to the tender at the Construction Ministry that led to the resignation of former minister Marian Janušek on April 14.
According to Mikloš, Ukraine sold its surplus quotas to the Japanese government for €10 per tonne, while the Czech Republic sold them to the same customer for €9 per tonne. Slovakia sold its units to a private company that was set up shortly before the transaction took place, TASR wrote.
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