Carbon Trading

In April, the Korean parliament passed legislation to establish a carbon emissions trading system starting on January 1, 2015. Unlike in Australia, there was almost no public debate about the reform. Although the main business group, the Korean Federation ...  

In order to re-establish confidence in Europe’s power sector as an actor in the European quest to cut carbon emissions, a few conditions need to be met. These include concrete intermediate reduction targets and an emissions trading scheme capable of delivering a clear CO2 price signal, writes Giuseppe Montesano. More »  

The European Commission has drawn up a list of 14 industrial sectors that will be eligible for special state aid to compensate for the increased cost of electricity due to the European Emission Trading System (ETS), according to a draft paper seen by EurActiv. More »  

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Bavaria's stock exchange will abandon its carbon emissions certificate trading operations in the EU-traded CO2 market on June 30 after volumes in Europe "plunged to practically zero" in recent months, it said on Tuesday.  

European airlines may risk an embargo from India's airspace, should Brussels impose sanctions on Indian carriers over carbon emissions. Brussels is facing the heat from several nations, including China, Russia, over an EU carbon emissions trading scheme that called for charging airlines over pollution.  

The International Emissions Trading Association Wednesday denied that Europe's carbon ... including current macroeconomic and policy uncertainty and the instances of VAT fraud and hacking attacks on national emissions registries between 2009 and 2011 ...  

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's lawmakers approved a national emissions trading scheme on Wednesday to tackle its growing greenhouse gas emissions, overcoming strong industry opposition and joining a growing number of nations to put a price on carbon.  

In Europe greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions are taken very seriously and legislation such as the Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) puts a cap on the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by business. The EU ETS creates a market and price for carbon allowances and covers 45 percent of emissions. Each member state has a limit or cap on emissions and the cap is converted into allowances which are then distributed. In 2013 the limit will decline by at...  

By Meeyoung ChoSEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's lawmakers approved a national emissions trading scheme on Wednesday to tackle its growing greenhouse gas emissions, overcoming strong industry opposition and joining a growing number of nations to put a price on carbon.Of the 151 lawmakers who voted, 148 approved the scheme, underscoring bipartisan support for a cap on carbon emissions, in stark contrast with the United States and Australia where...  

Europe’s carbon trading system was supposed to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. But at least one of its methods for doing so may actually have increased those emissions.The scheme was dubious enough that the European Union (EU) banned it as part of the trading system, effective May 2013. But some of the world’s largest energy and chemical companies, far from distancing themselves from the program, continue to use it to offset their emissions...  

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Environmental groups that a favor new federal rules regulating carbon emissions are holding a forum to discuss them. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing. The U.S. Environmental ...  

NEW YORK -- NHL Green has teamed up with Sterling Planet, the nation's leading retail provider of environmental assets for corporate, utility and government clients, to mitigate the environmental impact of the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Sterlin...  

Cutting back on packaging can yield huge environmental benefits by reducing materials while cutting carbon emissions from transporting needlessly bulky goods. With this in mind, UK Supermarket Chain Sainsbury’s just introduced a new slimline toilet roll. Sainsbury’s slimmed-down cardboard tubes are set to reduce the supermarket chain’s carbon emissions by an impressive 140 tons each [...]  

  Carbon Emissions Are Good By Robert Zubrin April 3, 2012 4:00 A.M.   Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its intention to enforce regulations that would effectively ban new coal-fired power plants in the United States. As coal is by far America’s cheapest and most plentiful fossil fuel, and coal-fired power stations account for 45 percent of all electricity generated in the U.S., the destructive economic effects of...  

Middletons partner, Fiona Melville speaks to Kate Ritchie from BRR Media regarding whether companies will now need a licence for trading carbon under the new carbon trading scheme. Fiona unpacks some of the misunderstandings that have occurred, outlines ...  

The bill requires local companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or buy the rights to emit gases such as carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Emission limits will apply to companies that produce 125,000 mt/year of CO2 or more or workplaces that emit at ...  

RICHLAND, Wash.-- Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are making some major contributions to the developing science of storing carbon emissions underground. Carbon dioxide gases are harmful to the environment and in the U.S. we produce a ...  

Talks on a global system have begun in the International Civil Aviation Organization, a UN body, said Matthew Baldwin, director of aviation for the 27-nation EU. He said Europe might alter its Emissions Trading System if an agreement is reached.  

The trade group representing the largest U.S. airlines has called on the Obama administration to launch legal action against the European Union in a bid to end the bloc's controversial carbon-trading market.  

The South Korean parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of adopting a national carbon trading scheme. The bill received the support of 148 out of 151 lawmakers and establishes South Korea as the fourth nation in Asia to adopt carbon trading, joining ...  

Subsistence coffee growers in the foothills of the Peruvian Andes take part in carbon trading in the hope of arresting climate change, which has made their crop yields more unpredictable. [The Guardian]. A Stanford professor ...  

This is a truly significant moment not only in terms of Korea’s national efforts to tackle climate change, but also because it underlines the emergence of a nascent Asian Pacific carbon trading emissions hub with the potential to be a tipping ...  

The trade group representing the largest U.S. airlines has called on the Obama administration to launch legal action against the European Union in a bid to end the bloc's controversial carbon-trading market. The Airlines for America lobby group ...  

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BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - Carbon emissions in the European Union's Emissions Trading System (ETS) fell by more than 2 percent in 2011 but an oversupply of permits key to driving greener energy use worsened, data showed on Tuesday. The glut in ...  

Carbon Trading: Projects outside trust's criteria but reaping benefits criticizedVancouver SunA Vancouver Sun investigation has found that 22 of 25 projects were already underway when they were given millions of dollars in incentives by the trust to reduce their emissions. The trust argues the rules allowed money to be awarded retroactively to ...and more »  

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BEIJING, May 17 (UPI) -- The outcome of China's planned carbon emissions scheme could have a transforming effect on efforts to tackle climate change, experts say. China is preparing to run pilot carbon trading schemes beginning in 2013 in ...  

WELLINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) - Proposed changes to New Zealand's carbon trading scheme, the only one of its kind outside Europe, would limit the use of international carbon credits and cap the price for the next three years, officials said on ...  

COPENHAGEN, April 16 (Reuters) - The European Commission is likely to prepare a legal proposal on reforming its emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) before the end of the year, EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said on Monday. Speaking at a ...  

Environmental groups and companies including PepsiCo , Microsoft and Marks & Spencer , working together as the Aldersgate Group, called on the UK to speed up plans to enforce carbon emissions reporting requirements. Business accounts for nearly a third of ...  

Citi's Meg Brown said she expects "peer pressure between leaders coupled with accountability to the public back home via 24hr media reporting" to strengthen climate policy and push renewable investments ahead of the conference.   Above all ...  

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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government should force large companies to provide annual information on their carbon emissions in addition to reporting profits and executive pay, an alliance of businesses and environmental groups said, backed by ...  

A rewrite of rules that determine how many United Nations emission credits can be claimed by efficient coal power stations will probably cut the volume of supply, said CDM-Watch, the Bonn environmental lobby group. The Clean Development ...  

Then came the first signs of pure carbon credit theft in the middle of last year in a wave of "phishing" scams, with market participants sent ... damage its reputation and distract from the scheme's success at a critical moment in time," he said.  

The Airlines for America lobby group dropped its own lawsuit against the EU and called on the Obama administration to bring a case through the International Civil Aviation Organization, a branch of the United Nations. The move came as the EU ...  

The Suwasara Thaksalawa 2012 competition organised by the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) in collaboration with the Environment Ministry and the Education Ministry has commenced at district level to select the best school with a clean and beautiful environment.  

This is a discussion on Monika Griefahn Becomes Director of Environment at AIDA within the Current Cruise Travel News forums, part of the category; Cruise Industry News Has Just Posted the Following: Monika Griefahn has been named director of environment and social responsibility at ...  

After hitting record lows on Wednesday, German bund yields are reflecting a difficult market environment and could remain low for some time; Richard Urwin, Managing Director and Head of Investment at BlackRock told CNBC's Squawk Box Europe.  

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Kottayam, May 3 : Kerala environment camp under the auspices of the Yuvakalasahithy will be held here on May 5 and 6.  

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