Policing carbon markets
Carbon markets have emerged in recent decades as one of the most important tools for curbing industrial greenhouse gas emissions, but they present a number of novel enforcement challenges when compared
Cap And Trade
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The bears are right: Why cap-and-trade yields greater emission reductions than expected, and what that means for climate policy
Cap-and-trade, a regulatory instrument widely used to constrain greenhouse gas and other pollution, has recently been criticized for producing only small amounts of intended emission reductions. This paper
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EU plans to revive lifeless carbon market
Since 2008, Europe’s carbon market has shown symptoms of terminal decline. Rock bottom prices for allowances have given industry little incentive to diversify away from fossil fuels. But traders believe
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Oil baron' approved as EU Energy and Climate commissioner
MEPs last night (8 October) approved Miguel Arias Cañete as the new EU Energy and Climate Commissioner, despite widespread concern from environmental groups about his background as an 'oil baron' and a
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Big firms brace for global carbon price rollout: report
An increasing number of big corporations expect governments worldwide to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions to help tackle climate change and some are already factoring in the cost to guide future
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Global corporate use of carbon pricing
Based on data gathered by CDP from corporations in response to its annual request for information on the business implications of climate change, the report finds that large public companies are already
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Europe Must Choose Jobs or Climate as Steel Towns Wither
U.K. lawmaker Ian Swales has already watched one steel plant close in his district, and he never wants to see it again. It felt like a funeral, he said, when plunging demand led the Redcar blast furnace
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Steel Towns Threatened by EU Fight Against Climate Change
U.K. lawmaker Ian Swales has already watched one steel plant close in his district, and he never wants to see it again. It felt like a funeral, he said, when plunging demand led the Redcar blast furnace
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Climate Change 2014: Health Care Savings Can Defray Climate Change Policy Costs, MIT Researchers Find
Proponents of curbing carbon emissions often point to the additional benefits of cleaner air and healthier families. The high cost of climate change policies, they reason, will be largely offset by health
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Activist will fight delay of vehicle fuels in cap-and-trade system
The vehicle fuel requirement is part of California's law intended to reduce air pollutants Billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer, who has pledged to spend $100 million in the midterm elections
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California and Mexico sign pact to fight climate change
California Governor Jerry Brown and Mexican environmental officials signed a pact on Monday aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, an agreement that could eventually expand the market for carbon credits.