Two California state senators released a bill on Wednesday that would give regulators the authority to design a plan to meet the state's long-term greenhouse gas reduction goals and improve air quality
Carbon prices are poised to rebound from a three-year slump as European Union member states vote today on a plan to reduce a record glut of pollution permits. The cost of emitting carbon dioxide will
The share of global emissions covered by emissions trading is expected to rise by 70 percent from a 2005 basis, according to this report released by International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP) with detailed factsheets on all existing and planned emissions trading systems.
Policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are expanding around the world. They are being implemented to deliver countries’ own ambitions to move onto a cleaner development path, and in support of their
The U.S. government's authority to regulate air pollution nationwide, often against the wishes of Republican-leaning states, could face new curbs when the Supreme Court takes on two high-stakes cases in
Greenhouse-gas emissions from power generators, oil refineries and other plants in California climbed in 2012 as a nuclear plant shutdown and low hydropower supplies increased the state’s reliance on natural
Carbon market businesses breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday after the European parliament voted to prop up prices on the EU’s emissions trading system. MEPs voted 344 to 311 in favour of a measure
This is an unusually busy moment in the unhappy history of efforts to curb climate change. In two weeks at the end of June the world’s three biggest polluters unveiled carbon-reducing measures. In China
The Mapping Carbon Pricing Initiatives report maps existing and emerging carbon pricing initiatives around the world. It does not provide a quantitative, transaction-based analysis of the international
A US submission to UN-backed negotiations shows how a scaled-down global climate deal which falls short of a full treaty can be agreed in 2015. Much will depend on the United States, as the world's
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