by Lynn Floyd | Jun 3, 2014 | Market News
Third Québec carbon market auction – Demand exceeded supply QUÉBEC CITY, May 30, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ – The Minister of Sustainable Development, the Environment and the Fight Against Climate Change, David Heurtel, today released the results of Québec’s...
by Lynn Floyd | Jun 3, 2014 | Market News
NYT: A price tag on carbon as a climate rescue plan KEWAUNEE, Wis. — Bryan T. Pagel, a dairy farmer, watched as a glistening slurry of cow manure disappeared down a culvert. If recycling the waste on his family’s farm would help to save the world, he was happy to go...
by Lynn Floyd | Jun 3, 2014 | Market News
Carbon emissions up after five year decline After a five-year decline, CO2 emissions in the US are on the rise, according to the latest data from the US Energy Information Administration. CO2 emissions from fossil fuel consumption had been declining since their...
by Lynn Floyd | May 22, 2014 | Market News
Reuters: EPA carbon curbs to reach beyond power plant ‘fence,’ aiding cap-and-trade (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s landmark rules to cut power plant emissions will likely give a fresh push to regional U.S. carbon cap-and-trade systems by...
by Lynn Floyd | May 22, 2014 | Market News
California air board urges big hike in greenhouse-gas cuts California must double its pace of cutting greenhouse gases after 2020 – slashing emissions from factories and power plants, freight trains and farms – in order to meet its long-term global warming...
by Lynn Floyd | May 15, 2014 | Market News
Reuters: California emissions inch up 2 percent California’s greenhouse gas emissions rose about 2 percent in 2012 compared to the previous year as more natural gas was burned to compensate for the closure of a nuclear plant and a drop in hydro-electricity due to a...