Oregon Revamps Carbon Pricing Proposal for New Legislative Session Today, state representatives in Oregon are convening for the first time this year, which means that Governor Kate Brown has just 35 days to mobilize support for her carbon pricing...

Develop your green thumb by taking home a free tree from New Hanover County TreeFest WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – The county is teaming up with the state forest service and UNCW to host the 23rd annual TreeFest. The event will be held Friday, January 17, and...

Carbon Auction Sellout Raises Nearly $1.3 Billion The California Air Resources Board held another successful auction in November, witnessing a sellout of all 76.4 million California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) up for sale. Current vintage CCAs reached a settlement price...

UN climate talks aim to pave way for global carbon market BERLIN — On a cold afternoon in late November, Jan Gerrit Otterpohl eyes the chimneys of Berlin’s Heizkraftwerk Mitte, a state-of-the-art power plant that supplies the city with heat and electricity....

Saving the earth through the free market What if I told you there was a viable, free-market-based approach to saving the earth? Here’s how we do it: by selling carbon offset credits in the cap-and-trade market. Since 1898, Berea College has maintained a forest...

How the aviation industry’s carbon offsetting system will work International airlines are counting on a global carbon offsetting plan to cap CO2 emissions from air travel at 2020 levels, mitigating the environmental impact of flying even as passenger...