Carbon Finance
Carbon finance includes regulatory and other constraints placed on carbon emissions that have financial implications. Read about carbon finance topics including cap and trade rules that place a limit on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG’s), EPA regulations, and emissions reductions. These articles explore the financial aspects of carbon-constrained businesses.
EU Business Leaders Say ETS Cheap Carbon Prices Hurt Green Investments
Leaders of some of Europe’s largest businesses - including Shell, Alstom, Deutsche Telekom, Philips, Skanska, Tesco, Unilever and Vestas - called on the EU's politicians ...
Carbon Forecast Slashed; UN Seeks CDM Improvements
Point Carbon has slashed its carbon prices forecast for the third phase of the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme by 10 euros per ton, ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: COP 17-Durban, EU Aviation Regulation, Boiler MACT, Clean Air Act
Durban: The draft plan for the United Nations Green Climate Fund - a financing system that would deliver $100 billion a year in aid to developing ...
Calif., Provinces Push Regional Cap and Trade; In Europe, Carbon Slump Continues
The Western Climate Initiative, a coalition of U.S. states and Canadian provinces seeking to create a regional carbon trading program, has created a ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL Delayed, Solar Tariffs, EDF Hacking
The Obama administration announced Thursday that it will delay a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline until after the 2012 election, The New York ...
Calif. Board Finalizes Cap and Trade
The California Air Resources Board yesterday gave its final approval to the state's cap-and-trade system, which sets limits on carbon emissions starting next year.
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BofA Merrill Enters California Carbon Market
Bank of America Merrill Lynch is entering the nascent California carbon trading market with an agreed option to buy several million tons ...
Carbon Credits ‘Questionable’; Truckers Earning Carbon Offsets
Most carbon credits certified in India are “questionable” and do not represent real greenhouse gas reductions, according to a Wikileaks cable.
An American diplomatic cable ...
Umow Lai’s Director of Sustainability Discusses Aussie Carbon Tax
With the introduction of the carbon tax fueling intense debate about sustainability across Australia's economy, Straight Talk sat down with Umow ...
ICE Adds 21 Emissions Contracts to Replace Futures Exchange
Intercontinental Exchange has announced plans to launch 21 over-the-counter North American emissions contracts.
The announcement follows on the heels of news that ICE will ...
Carbon Futures Platform to Shut; Offsets Near Record Lows
Financial markets firm Intercontinental Exchange Inc. is to shut its emissions derivatives trading platform, Chicago Climate Futures Exchange, by the end of the first quarter, the ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Ethanol Deal, Light Bulbs, Mont. Pulls Out of Spill Clean-Up
Senators yesterday announced a compromise proposal to end a major tax break for the ethanol industry while extending incentives for production of cellulosic ethanol, ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: EPA Funding, Aussie Carbon Tax, Hazardous Waste Regs
The environment subcommittee of the House appropriations committee approved a bill this morning that would slash funds for the EPA, the Hill ...
California ARB Delays Cap-and-Trade Start
California’s proposed cap-and-trade program will be delayed by a year, the state’s Air Resources Board has announced.
CARB chairwoman Mary Nichols said the ...
Australia Considers Killing Camels for Carbon Credits
Under Australia's Carbon Farming Initiative, a plan to help combat emissions that was recently submitted to parliament, Adelaide-based company Northwest Carbon has suggested the ...
EU Holds Ground on Airline CO2 Cap; Trade War Coming?
The European Commission will move forward on its plan to include aviation in its emissions trading scheme, WSJ reports.
According to the plan, EU airlines will have specific CO2 allocations and will pay a ...
Voluntary Carbon Market Surges, Global Carbon Trading Stalls
The voluntary carbon market shrugged off policy failures and the closure of the Chicago Climate Exchange in 2010 to post a 34% surge ...
New Jersey Quits RGGI, Bans Coal Plants
New Jersey governor Chris Christie has pulled the state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the only mandatory cap-and-trade program in the U.S., ...
Conservation International Discusses Carbon Market Opportunities, Challenges
Conservation International Executive VP Jennifer Morris sees interesting opportunities in the area of forest carbons, which are emissions released from ...
Around the Globe, Companies, Groups Take a Swing at Climate Initiatives
Businesses continue to mount pressure on Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard for her plan to introduce a short-term carbon tax on industrial polluters. In a ...
