Cap & Trade

Washington State Just Began Capping Carbon Emissions. Here’s How It Works. 0123.rtf

New York Adopts Cap and Trade as a Pillar of Climate Action 1222.rtf

World’s 1st Carbon Border Tax Lands in Europe 1222.rtf

Why China’s New Carbon Market Is No Quick Climate Fix 0121.rtf

Carbon Trading in China Isn't Helping Tackle Climate Change 1222.rtf

China Delays Carbon Market Expansion on Data Problems 0522.rtf - CO2 price is now about $8.55 per tonne.

China’s Weak Carbon Market Hits a New Roadblock -- Data Fraud 0422.rtf

China's Carbon Market May Get Stricter Under a New Proposal 0122.rtf - $9 to 10.25 / ton of CO2

Gov. Youngkin Aims to Remove Virginia from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative 0122.rtf

Europe’s CO2 Price Has Almost Tripled in 2021 - 1221.rtf - 1221 - €80 / ton

Energy Crunch Drives Carbon Prices to Record as Europe Burns Coal 1121.rtf - €71.21 per metric ton

CoP26 Finally Set Rules on Carbon Markets. What Does It Mean? 1121.rtf

Carbon Pricing, if Missing the 100% Dividend, Will Boost Inequality 1121.rtf

China to Quickly Expand Top Carbon Market to Add More Polluters 0721.rtf - E.U. plans to raise the price to at least $71 per ton of CO2.

Nuts, Bolts & Pitfalls of Carbon Pricing c- Equity-Based Primer on Paying to Pollute 0721.rtf - for NAACP

Washington State Finally Passes a Cap on Carbon Emissions 0421.rtf

A Climate “Solution” Actually Adds Millions of Tons of CO2 to the Atmosphere 0421.rtf

Huge Forest Accounting Problem Could Hamper World’s Push to Cut Emissions 041.rtf

EU Price on CO2 Pollution Hits Record High in Early 2021 - 0121.rtf

Why ‘Carbon Offsets’ Don’t Do All That They Promise 0820.rtf

China to Delay National Carbon Market Debut to 2021 - 1120.rtf

FERC Takes ‘Landmark Action' on Carbon Pricing 1020.rtf

World's Largest Carbon Market Faces Revamp under Draft EU Plan 0920.rtf - target for cut by 2030 (from 1990) raised from 40% to 55%.  Cap to drop faster than old 2.2% a year.  Power plants and factories already covered.  Add flights within Europe.

Trump Can’t Weaken California’s Carbon Market, Federal Judge Rules 0720.rtf

China Power Giants Prepare for World’s Biggest Carbon Market 0620.rtf

Merkel Cabinet Seals Plan to Widen CO2 Price to Heating, Roads 0520.rtf

Pennsylvania Is Joining a Multi-State Effort to Price Carbon Emissions 1019.rtf

Northeast States Take 1st Step in Effort to Reduce Transportation Emissions 1019.rtf

Quebec Adds $215 Million to Coffers from Carbon Market Envied by Europe 0219.rtf

How Ontario's Proposed Carbon Price Is Not a Carbon Tax (Probably, Maybe) 0219.rtf

After Topping EU Commodity Gains in 2018, Carbon Prices Set to Surge Again 1218.rtf

State Cap-and-Trade Systems Offer Evidence that Carbon Pricing Can Work 1118.rtf

EU Carbon Price Triples, Finally Puts Pressure on Coal 0818.rtf

Massachusetts Senate Votes to Put a Price on Carbon, with National Grid Support 0618.rtf - It goes to House now.  It punts choice of tax or cap & trade to Governor.  Tool to meet -40% (1990 base) by 2030 and 80% by 2050.  Starts for transport, business, and residential in consecutive years.  State’s largest utility strongly supports it, plans electrification of transport and home heating (heat pumps), continued decarbonization of electricity, etc.
    Later: Provision did not make it out of conference committee.

Will China's Participation Invigorate Cap-and-Trade Schemes Elsewhere? 0518.rtf

Checking the Math on California’s Cap and Trade - Is It Adding Up? 0518.rtf

Europe's $38 Billion Carbon Market Is Finally Doing Its Job 0318.rtf

Guide to the World’s Largest Carbon Market that Just Launched in China 1217.rtf

Gov. Jerry Brown and EU Leaders Agree to Work to Combat Climate Change 1117.rtf

California Pollution Permits Sell at Highest Price Ever 0817.rtf

Xi Jinping Is Set for a Big Gamble With China’s Carbon Trading Market 0617.rtf

How Countries Cut Carbon by Putting a Price on It 0417.rtf

Ontario's 1st Cap-and-Trade Auction Sells Out Current Allowances 0417.rtf

Ethiopia Plans Carbon Trading, as It Gears Up to Be Carbon Neutral by 2025 - 0317.rtf

Reform of EU Carbon Trading Scheme Agreed 0217.rtf

Cap & Trade to Cost Ontario $8 Billion in 1st Years, with Minimal CO2 Reductions 1116.rtf

California Ponders Expanding Cap and Trade to Brazil 0516.rtf

China Aims to Boost Renewable Energy with 'Green Certificates' 0316.rtf

Washington Puts Gov. Inslee's Carbon Rules on Hold 0216.rtf

In the Heart of Coal Country, Calls for Carbon Trading 0116.rtf

Obama's Climate Change Rule Stays Alive in Courts, for Now 0116.rtf

Rice Growers on the Front Lines of U.S. Carbon Markets 0116.rtf

Carbon Trading Finds a Foothold in at Least 20 States 0116.rtf

Drivers May Pay for Next Step in Fight against Climate Change 0116.rtf

Governments to Raise $22 Billion from Carbon Pricing in 2015 - 1015.rtf

Climate Change Deal Will Not Include Global Carbon Price 1015.rtf

ITF Calls for Global Rules for Ship Operators to Cut Emissions 1015.rtf

With Market on Their Side, Electric Utilities Skip Fight Against Carbon Rule 1015.rtf

Will China's Carbon-Trading Plan Help Curb Climate Change? 0915.rtf

What Can China Achieve with Cap and Trade? 0915.rtf

China to Launch National Cap-and-Trade Plan in 2017 - 0915.rtf

$2.2 Billion from CA Cap & Trade Begins Flowing, to Rail, Housing, Clean Cars, etc. 0815.rtf

Obama Just Created a Carbon Cap-and-Trade Program 0815.rtf

Coal Renaissance Means Switching to Plan B - Carbon Pricing and CO2 Removal 0715.rtf

Carbon Caps Help Northeast Economy 0715.rtf

China's Guangdong to Allocate 408 Million CO2 Permits This Year 0715.rtf

China Prepares to Launch National Carbon Market to Fight Climate Change 0515.rtf

EU Diplomats Approve Proposal to Start CO2 Market Reform in 2019 - 0515.rtf

Ontario Sees Carbon Caps System as Best Way to Cut Emissions 0415.rtf

EU Carbon Permit Prices Rise, as Nations Agree to Seek 2021 Start to Fix 0315.rtf

European Carbon Market Reform Set for 2019 - 0215.rtf

San Joaquin Valley Growers Seek Credit for Sequestering Carbon in Soils 0215.rtf

As China Readies National Carbon Trading Program Launch, Questions Multiply 0215.rtf

California Manufacturers to Pay More Under Toughest Carbon Curbs 0215.rtf

EU Politicians Seek to Revive Sluggish Carbon Market 0115.rtf

Warm Weather Sinking EU Emissions-Market Plans 0115.rtf

California Motorists to Begin Shouldering Costs of Carbon Auction 1114.rtf

Carbon Trading Edges Closer, as UN Brokers Deal 1014.rtf

Gaming Carbon Market Must End to Solve Global Warming 1014.rtf

Why the World Needs to Put a Better Price on the Rainforest 1014.rtf

Other Nations to Link to China’s Planned Carbon Market 0914.rtf

China Suggests Coal Use Cap and Import Curbs in Draft Air Pollution Law 0914.rtf

Analysis - China's Big Carbon Market Experiment 0914.rtf

China Seeks Pollution Cut With National Carbon Market 0914.rtf

After US Pledges Cuts, China Announces Plans to Cap Carbon Emissions in 2016 - 0614.rtf

China's Ambitious Cap-and-Trade Plan Rolls Down a Long, Bumpy Runway 0514.rtf

Carbon Trading in China- Short-Term Experience, Long-Term Wisdom 0414.rtf

April Brings Californians Electricity 'Climate Credit' 0314.rtf

Australia’s Pollution Plan Starts to Look Like Trading 1213.rtf

U.N. Carbon Offset Market to Be 'in a Coma' for Years 1113.rtf

EU Carbon Price Declines as Poland’s Auction Debut Set to Boost Supply 0913.rtf

Beijing Carbon Trading Starts as China Acts on Climate 1113.rtf

California Air Rules Allow Business to Pay Someone Else to Slash Emissions 0813.rtf

China Starts Testing Cap-and-Trade 0613.rtf

Chinese Official Says Carbon Caps Are Real Possibility 0811.rtf

EU Market Carbon Emissions Fell 0413.rtf

California's 2nd Carbon Auction Price Up 0213.rtf

RGGI Cuts GHG Cap Steeply 0213.rtf

California Starts Cap & Trade 1112.rtf

Cap & Trade Failure Helped Cut US Emissions 1012.rtf

Climate Bill Would Save $19B 0710.rtf

Senate Climate Bill Has No Major Surprises 0510.rtf

Climate Bill Impact on Agriculture Gets Clearer 1209.rtf

US Senate Climate Bill Hearings 1009.rtf

Waxman-Markey Climate Bill Passes House 0709.rtf

How Climate Bill Can Get 60 Votes 0709.rtf

Summary of Waxman-Markey Bill 0709.rtf

House Draft Climate Change Bill 0409.rtf

Obama on Carbon Cap 0309.rtf

USCAP Blueprint for GHG Law 0109.rtf

Chances Dim for GHG Law 0508.rtf

Markey-Waxman 2009 GHG Bill Summary 0409.pdf

Kerry_Graham_Liebeman_Framework 1209.pdf - 5 page letter from the 3 Senators

Markey-Waxman 2009 GHG Bill 0409.pdf

Discussion Draft Kerry-Boxer Climate Bill 1009.pdf

Deforestation Inc. - How 'Green' Firms Prevent Climate Action 0323.rtf

Finance Is Failing the World’s Best Defense against Climate Change 0223.rtf

A $39 Trillion Investor Alliance Gives Warning on Carbon Offsets 0223.rtf

Investor Group Bans Carbon Removal from CO2 Reduction Plans 0123.rtf

Africa Has a Major New Carbon Market Initiative 0123.rtf

More than 90% of Rainforest Carbon Offsets by Biggest Provider Are Worthless 0123.rtf

Capturing Carbon with Giant Algae Ponds in the Middle of the Desert 1122.rtf

Selling a Cleaner, Affordable Cooking Fuel, Ethanol, for Kenyan Homes 1122.rtf

Multi-Million $ Forest Regeneration Carbon Credits Yielded Fewer Trees 1122.rtf

Why the $100 per Ton Target for Carbon Removal May Be ‘Pure Fantasy' 1022.rtf

Airlines Are Misleading Flyers with Carbon-Neutral Claims 1022.rtf

Wildfires Are Destroying California's Forest Carbon Credit Reserves 0822.rtf

Cleaning Up Airline Travel Is Going to Be Really Expensive 0622.rtf

Let’s Not Pretend Planting Trees Is a Permanent Climate Solution 0622.rtf

In an Increasingly Warmer World, Trees Are Not a Climate Change Cure-All 0522.rtf

Companies Can Soon Start Paying the Bahamas to Store Carbon in the Ocean 0522.rtf

Qantas Places Burden of Cleaning Up Aviation on Sustainable Fuel 0322.rtf

Should You Buy Carbon Offsets for Your Air Travel? 0122.rtf

CoP26 Finally Set Rules on Carbon Markets. What Does It Mean? 1121.rtf

We Need a Bigger Planet to Fix the Climate with Trees 1121.rtf

Net Zero Commitments from Companies in Hard-to-Fix Sectors 1021.rtf

Will Russia’s Forests Be an Asset or an Obstacle in Climate Fight? 0721.rtf

Planting Trees “Doesn't Make Any Sense" in Fight against Climate Change 0721.rtf

Only 4-5% of Corn Belt Farmers Are Planting Crops to Store Carbon 0621.rtf

5 Things to Know about the Global Race to Net Zero 0621.rtf

The Fastest Ways Aviation Could Cut Emissions 0521.rtf

One of Canada’s Biggest Carbon Sinks Is Circling the Drain 0521.rtf

Shipping Now Faces the Highest Price on Carbon for Any Global Industry 0521.rtf

A Climate “Solution” Actually Adds Millions of Tons of CO2 to the Atmosphere 0421.rtf - semi-phantom forest offsets in California: use average tree carbon / sq meter nin a zone, buy land that’s above average and take credit for the difference,.
Huge Forest Accounting Problem Could Hamper World’s Push to Cut Emissions 0421.rtf - Who gets credit for a forest preserved as an offset?  Buyer, seller, both or neither?  Many nations use different rules from independent evaluators.  Large-emitting nations with large forests wind up with phantom benefits unless rules are changed.

Delta to Spend $30 Million to Offset Most of Its 2020 Impact on Climate 0321.rtf

Businesses Aim to Pull Greenhouse Gases from the Air 0121.rtf

United Airlines Turns to CO2 Removal Technology to Offset Emissions 1220.rtf

Why ‘Carbon Offsets’ Don’t Do All That They Promise 0820.rtf - permanence, reality, additionality

Are Carbon Markets for Farmers Worth the Hype? 0920.rtf

Is Carbon Farming a Climate Boon or Boondoggle? 0620.rtf

Is Carbon Sequestration on Farms Actually Working to Fight Climate Change? 0420.rtf

Spanish Oil & Gas Company Vows to Become a Net-Zero Carbon Emitter 1219.rtf

If Carbon Offsets Require Forests to Stay Standing, What Happens When the Amazon Is on Fire? 0819.rtf

Stripe Inc. Says Offsets Aren’t Enough; It’s Time to Pay for Negative Emissions 0819.rtf

Scientists Zero in on Trees as a Surprisingly Large Source of Methane 0619.rtf

Why Carbon Credits for Forest Preservation may Be Worse than Nothing 0519.rtf

Lyft - “We are now a fully carbon-neutral company.” 0918.rtf