by Lynn Floyd | Feb 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Feb. 2, 2011 High offset price in California’s future London based Barclays bank released a report on the potential for California’s cap-and-trade market, slated to begin in 2012. By 2016, the market is expected to cover 400 million tons of CO2e, one fifth of the...
by Lynn Floyd | Feb 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Jan. 28, 2011 California Offsets bid at $14 Players in the California carbon market are awaiting news from the California Air Resources Board (Carb) regarding additional offset types to be accepted under the state’s cap-and-trade mechanism. In the meantime, California...
by Lynn Floyd | Feb 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Jan. 27, 2011 NY fund focusing on California carbon A New York based investment firm EKO Asset Management Partners is creating a fund to invest in US carbon projects. It will focus on forestry, agriculture and avoided deforestation projects, particularly those that...
by Lynn Floyd | Feb 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Jan. 26, 2011 New Mexico court upholds cap-and-trade Following Republican Governor Susana Martinez’s refusal to publish the state’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emission law, the New Mexico Supreme Court has ruled her actions unconstitutional. The cap-and-trade rule will...
by Lynn Floyd | Feb 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Jan. 26, 2011 EPA requires $700 million refinery overhaul The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requiring the Hovensa oil refinery to install $700 million worth of pollution controls. The Hovensa refinery is located in the US Virgin Islands and is one of the...