Business Green: The price of carbon credits in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) edged up around 2% today after the European Commission released preliminary figures suggesting emissions from companies covered by the scheme fell 11.2% in 2009. The drop in emissions was largely the result of last year’s economic downturn and was in line with analyst expectations. “The fall in emissions is exactly as expected,” said Kjersti Ulset from analyst firm Point Carbon. “But prices have increased this …