BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's federal government and states have agreed to raise the price for carbon emissions to 25 euros ($27.56) per tonne from 2021, from the 10 euros originally planned, government sources said on Monday.
The lower house of parliament last month approved a major climate protection package to help Germany achieve its target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions to 55 percent of their 1990 level by 2030.
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