Tag Archives: Chicago Climate Exchange

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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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 Global Renewable Energy Index is crashing

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

This is interesting, after watching the collapse in the last two years of entities like the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), which ended trading with a bag of charcoal briquettes being worth more than a ton of carbon futures, we have … Continue reading →

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Guardian: UK carbon capture project close to collapse

Posted on October 7, 2011 by

Another billion plus down the drain. I guess it wasn’t “sustainable”.

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24 Hours of Climate Reality: Gore-a-thon – Hour 19

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

A new post containing a cartoon from Josh will appear every hour. At the end of the 24 hours, everything will be collated on a single page. Readers are encouraged to post skeptical arguments below, as well as offer comments … Continue reading →

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24 Hours of Climate Reality: Gore-a-thon – Hour 18

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

A new post containing a cartoon from Josh will appear every hour. At the end of the 24 hours, everything will be collated on a single page. Readers are encouraged to post skeptical arguments below, as well as offer comments … Continue reading →

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24 Hours of Climate Reality: Gore-a-thon – Hour 15

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

A new post containing a cartoon from Josh will appear every hour. At the end of the 24 hours, everything will be collated on a single page. Readers are encouraged to post skeptical arguments below, as well as offer comments … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week

Posted on January 30, 2011 by

It is no secret that we don’t think much of carbon trading here in the USA. Witness the fact that the much ballyhooed Chicago Climate Exchange has closed up trading for good after the spot price for carbon fell to … Continue reading →

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Chicago Climate Exchange = FAIL, Now California opens “Pacific Carbon Exchange”

Posted on December 16, 2010 by

UPDATE: related story shows what can happen when emissions trading doesn’t have proper checks and balances – Carbon trading tempts firms to make greenhouse gas California hasn’t learned from the failure of the Chicago Climate Exchange this year, when a … Continue reading →

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A Fertilizer Trading Market?

Posted on December 2, 2010 by

The last fertilizer trading market, at the Chicago Climate Exchange, died and closed due to nobody wanting to buy the brand of fertilizer they were selling. Besides that example, I have to think this might not fare any better, simply … Continue reading →

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