Category Archives: Cap-and-trade

Lawsuit challenges California cap and trade program – “…only way to capture CARB’s attention.”

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

While the EU carbon trading market began its death spiral this week, much like the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) where it ended up at a nickel per ton when the exchange died and closed per good, CARB’s director, Mary Nichols, … Continue reading →

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Obama By-Passes Gas

Posted on March 17, 2013 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach President Obama continues his Global War on Cheap Energy™, this time under the guise of avoiding “spikes” in gasoline (petrol) prices.  He wants to pass gas without regrets and move post-haste to electricity and biofuels, … Continue reading →

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James Hansen’s Policies Are Shafting The Poor

Posted on March 15, 2013 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I was reading an interview with Adrian Bejan (worth taking a look at), and I got to musing about his comments regarding the relationship between energy use and per capita income. So I pulled up … Continue reading →

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Oh that’s gonna leave a mark – EU carbon trading ‘worthless’

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

From the I’ve been telling you so for some time now department comes this headline from Bloomberg. And it is getting desperate in the carbon market. Readers may recall last week I reported two new record lows on the EU … Continue reading →

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What’s up with RGGI? Moving the cap down.

Posted on December 13, 2012 by

Guest post by Ric Werme Things have been pretty quiet in the northeast’s the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). New Jersey has gotten out and remains out, New Hampshire didn’t get out, but most of the money collected will be … Continue reading →

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John Coleman on the California Cap and Trade Law

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

John Coleman, founder of The Weather Channel, writes on his Facebook Page: I will be presenting a skeptical report on the new California Cap and Trade law on the KUSI News at 6 PM and 10 PM today. It will … Continue reading →

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California Air Resources Board cap and trade program circumvents state open meeting laws with a Moonbeam assist

Posted on July 14, 2012 by

Strong headline, I know, but I didn’t believe this was true until I researched it myself. First some background; I once served as an elected official on my local school board. During orientation and virtually every annual CSBA meeting after … Continue reading →

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Cap and Trade protest petition in California

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

Thousands Petition Gov. Brown To End Cap And Trade By Amy Quinton, California Capitol Network Californians Against Higher Taxes and business groups delivered the petitions against what they call an illegal and hidden energy tax. The cap and trade program … Continue reading →

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‘Cap and Trade’ fails for lack of incentives

Posted on March 18, 2012 by

Well, duh. From the DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory New research suggests cap and trade programs do not provide sufficient incentives for innovation Cap and trade programs to reduce emissions do not inherently provide incentives to induce the private sector to … Continue reading →

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UEA: shake-shake-shake up your Carbon at Durban

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

From the University of East Anglia  some news that a Major shake-up of carbon markets is called for. To that I ask: what carbon market? Seems they are pretty much DOA now. Research from the University of East Anglia calls … Continue reading →

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Pacific Gas and Electric: not so climate smart after all

Posted on November 12, 2011 by

When you can’t sell this on the green left coast, you know its gotta fail worldwide. Gotta love this quote, one of the best denials of reality I’ve ever seen:

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Maryland, quite possibly even more la-la land than California

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

While California has committed economic suicide with their ridiculous carbon trading plan that nobody wants, Maryland seems to think that magically, green jobs and non baseload power sources will “improve reliability” of electric power. From my perspective, seeing how well … Continue reading →

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California commits business suicide

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

A mass exodus of business and jobs out of California will be the likely result of this madness. From the San Franscisco Chronicle:

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“Technology funding makes climate protection cheaper”

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

From the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research a call to bring on the carbon trading and other tools. Of course, its all just modeling again. 09/19/2011 – To cost-effectively protect the climate, not only an emissions trading scheme but … Continue reading →

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RGGI update: It wasn’t supposed to be like this

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

Guest post by Ric Werme Too long title: New Hampshire stays in, NJ probably gets out, 3rd quarter auction sells less than 18% of allowances, secondary market moribund, RGGI soldiers on. RGGI is short for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, … Continue reading →

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Death of a carbon salesman: Chicago Climate Exchange

Posted on August 9, 2011 by

It was essentially dead when we announced on WUWT Chicago Climate Exchange(CCX) was halting carbon futures trading last year. Note the flatlined final price of 5 cents per ton: My only question now is “what took them so long”? From … Continue reading →

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RGGI update: New Hampshire likely in, New Jersey likely out. New York sued.

Posted on July 10, 2011 by

Guest post by Ric Werme Ten state RGGI Region It’s time for an update on the efforts of states interested in leaving RGGI, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. RGGI is a Cap and Trade system set up by ten northeastern … Continue reading →

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EU Carbon Credit trading takes a dive. In Greece, they can’t hardly give EU carbon credits away

Posted on June 25, 2011 by

 Guest post by Ecotretas CO2 tumbling down Once upon a time, carbon trading was supposed to be the salvation for Earth’s climate problems. But as time went on, people started realizing that something was wrong. As usual, financial markets anticipated … Continue reading →

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12th quarterly RGGI auction a bust? It sure wasn’t a boom.

Posted on June 11, 2011 by

The northeast US’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative sells CO₂ allowances through quarterly auctions. The intent is that both electric power producers will buy some because they have in order to emit CO₂, and speculators will buy some in hopes of … Continue reading →

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Skeptic Strategy for Talking About Global Warming

Posted on May 30, 2011 by

Guest Post by Ira Glickstein What should a responsible Skeptic say to an astute audience? When recently invited by the “Technology, Engineering, and Science Plus” group in my community to give a talk and answer questions, I knew I would … Continue reading →

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