by Lynn Floyd | Dec 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
Dec. 6, 2011 NPR discusses California carbon market STEVE INSKEEP: Now, while U.S. delegates at the Durban conference think a new climate treaty is premature, one American state is going ahead on its own. California is set to limit climate-warming gases starting in...
by Lynn Floyd | Dec 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
Dec. 5, 2011 US begins first carbon capture project The US is unveiling the Illinois Basin-Decatur carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, which plans to sequester one million tons of carbon dioxide deep underground. Public and private financing accounted for the...
by Lynn Floyd | Dec 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
Dec. 2, 2011 Nearly 1 million California offsets traded in November With 280,000 California carbon allowances (CCAs) trading on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) this week, the total number of CCAs cleared for the month of November totals just shy of 1 million. This...
by Lynn Floyd | Dec 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
Dec. 1, 2011 North America 2050 addressing carbon concern Several US and Canadian states have partnered to form North America 2050 (NA 2050), a group focused on addressing climate change by the year 2050. As opposed to other regional carbon alliances, NA 2050 does not...
by Lynn Floyd | Dec 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
Nov. 30, 2011 Canada launching carbon market Quebec is moving ahead with plans for a carbon market, releasing proposed market regulations this December. A representative of the province’s environmental department is hopeful the rules will be approved by the end of the...