Category Archives: Carbon credits

Lords a leapin

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

Guest post by Mike Jonas From the UK’s BBC comes this news item: Trillion-euro shortfall facing EU energy sector – Lords Committee Under the obligatory photo of chimneys spewing steam, is a totally uncritical article on the final report from … Continue reading →

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EU Carbon price continues to fall amid reports of distant EU prop-up and $9 million carbon credit scam

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

The news from Reuters Point Carbon today is not good: Germany unlikely to form CO2 backloading position before Sept: Ireland 22 Apr 2013 11:22 Last updated: 22 Apr 2013 13:03 DUBLIN/LONDON, April 22 (Reuters) – Germany will unlikely vote for … Continue reading →

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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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Watching the death of the EU Carbon Market

Posted on April 17, 2013 by

From the GWPF: Europe’s New Anti-Green Majority Scores Huge Victory EU Parliament Refuses To Save Its Dying Carbon Market The European Union’s climate change policy is on the brink of collapse today after MEPs torpedoed Europe’s flagship CO2 emissions trading … 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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EU Carbon Trading ‘death spiral’ continues

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

UPDATE: it’s worse than we thought, see below. Carbon has closed below $4 a ton in a new record low while Deutsche Bank bails From Reuters: Deutsche Bank quits carbon market: board member 31 Jan 2013 12:42 Last updated: 31 … Continue reading →

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EU carbon sinks to new record low – loses nearly 40% of value in January

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

From the told ya so department, after a small dead cat bounce yesterday due to an auction, traders are unloading today. Yesterday’s closing price was 5.02, today it is 4.64. That’s a value loss of 8% in a single day. … 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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End times for carbon trading

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

Readers may recall this story this past week at WUWT: European Carbon Trading Hits Another Record Low. It was a short lived record, beaten again the very next day. Today, from Reuters Point Carbon, a view of the end times … Continue reading →

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European Carbon Trading Hits Another Record Low

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

Sluggish German economy forces EU carbon to record low 17 Jan 2013 17:26 Last updated: 17 Jan 2013 21:32 LONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters Point Carbon) – EU carbon prices hit a fresh record low on Thursday as poor economic data … Continue reading →

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The carbon trading money tree

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

If the carbon trading business seems too good to be true, maybe there’s a good reason Guest post by Kelvin Kemm The COP-18 environmental conference held in Doha has come and gone. In the wake of high expectations for a … 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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Is Al Gore the Latter Day Pardoner?

Posted on December 2, 2012 by

Carbon Credits Are Modern Indulgences.  Guest post by Dr. Tim Ball Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1342 – 1400) is among the giants of English literature, recognized for his perceptive and realistic stories about human nature. Like Shakespeare, his characters and stories are … Continue reading →

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‘Almost half of the CO2 transfers into the US are caused by the American trade deficit’

Posted on September 23, 2012 by

From the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Constraining world trade is unlikely to help the climate Instead, researchers were able to pin down a number of factors explaining the pronounced imbalances between emission importers and exporters, the US … Continue reading →

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The carbon corruption: Iran, Sudan, and North Korea get millions in U.N. carbon credit funds

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

From the Washington Free Beacon by Zach Noble, how a half page of the Kyoto protocol turned into a free ride for corruption. Carbon Corruption Iran, North Korea, Sudan rack up millions by trading U.N. carbon credits The U.N. is … Continue reading →

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Global carbon market expected to crash, already loses half of its value since 2011, from $18 to less than $10 in 2012

Posted on June 6, 2012 by

Global Carbon Market Hits $176 Billion in 2011 By Jo Nova Global Carbon Market trading climbed to $176 billion in 2011 according to the The World Bank, which has just released it’s annual State and Trends of The Carbon Market … 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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Increased CO2 Emissions Will Delay Next Ice Age

Posted on January 8, 2012 by

Sir Fred Hoyle Vindicated (Via Dr. Benny Peiser of the GWPF) According to new research to be published in Nature Geoscience  (embargoed until 1800 GMT/10AM PST, Sunday 8 January 2012), the next ice age could set in any time this … Continue reading →

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China Warns EU’s Green Fanatics Of Global Trade War

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

Via the GWPF, the great war of flying carbon credits appears to be massing on the border. China has warned the European Union to abandon its controversial carbon tax on airlines or risk provoking a global trade war. Adding weight … Continue reading →

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EU carbon trading in freefall

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

Looks just like what happened to the Chicago Carbon Exchange is about to repeat in Europe. Source: http://www.barchart.com/charts/futures/CKZ11 By Thomson Reuters Point Carbon LONDON | Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:01pm EST LONDON (Reuters) – EU carbon prices fell to their … Continue reading →

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