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…
Category: Cap-and-trade
What's up with RGGI? Moving the cap down.
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…
John Coleman on the California Cap and Trade Law
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…
California Air Resources Board cap and trade program circumvents state open meeting laws with a Moonbeam assist
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…
Cap and Trade protest petition in California
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…
'Cap and Trade' fails for lack of incentives
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…
UEA: shake-shake-shake up your Carbon at Durban
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…
Pacific Gas and Electric: not so climate smart after all
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:
Maryland, quite possibly even more la-la land than California
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…
California commits business suicide
A mass exodus of business and jobs out of California will be the likely result of this madness. From the San Franscisco Chronicle:
"Technology funding makes climate protection cheaper"
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…
RGGI update: It wasn't supposed to be like this
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…
Death of a carbon salesman: Chicago Climate Exchange
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…
RGGI update: New Hampshire likely in, New Jersey likely out. New York sued.
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…
EU Carbon Credit trading takes a dive. In Greece, they can't hardly give EU carbon credits away
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…
12th quarterly RGGI auction a bust? It sure wasn't a boom.
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…
Skeptic Strategy for Talking About Global Warming
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…
New Jersey announces intent to pull out of RGGI cap and trade – Christie strikes major blow
In a press conference moments ago in Trenton, Gov. Christie announced his support for repealing the state’s cap-and-trade law and withdrawing from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a 10-state…
California's global warming law gets court go-ahead – except for cap and trade
Time to get outta Dodge:
Canada finds climate sanity
Back from the brink A sudden outbreak of sanity seems to have taken hold Canada. Firstly the idea of a carbon tax appears to have been killed off for good: Conservatives…
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