Carbon trading
Copenhagen or bust
Carbon trading volumes boomed in 2009, but price declines meant the total value of trades was down modestly. Following the disappointing Copenhagen summit, what hope is there for new life in the carbon markets? Peter Madigan reports
Element buys stake in Canadian carbon aggregator
Element Markets has invested an undisclosed amount in Agri-Trend Aggregation (ATAI), a member of the Agri-Trend Group of Companies based in Alberta, Canada.
Obama calls for comprehensive energy bill
In last night’s State of the Union address, President Barack Obama said he was eager to advance a bipartisan energy and climate change bill in the US Senate.
Carbon regulation block unlikely to get past President
A congressional move to prevent US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation of carbon emissions is unlikely to get past President Barack Obama, but the bipartisan protest indicates legislators want extra time to formulate their own climate change…
Deals of the Year: CE2 Carbon Capital
CE2 completes $10 million forestry aggregation project
EIA: World will be more dependent on Opec oil
The world will become more dependent on Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) oil by the start of 2011, following sustained surplus production capacity and a forecasted decline in growth from countries outside the producer group, says…
Carbon market seen at $400bn by 2014
The global carbon emissions trading market will more than treble by 2014 from 2008 levels, reaching nearly $400 billion, according to market intelligence company ABI Research.
RGGI lawsuit settled
A challenge to the legality of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) has been settled, according to a statement from the New York State organisations involved.
Republican aims to block EPA carbon regulation
Alaskan senator Lisa Murkowski plans to file a disapproval resolution to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) under the Clean Air Act.
Copenhagen: Derailed by hot air?
There is a skeleton in the Kyoto Protocol’s closet, and it has the potential to spook the Copenhagen talks, says Andreas Arvanitakis of Point Carbon
Energy Risk Environmental Rankings 2009
Energy Risk carried out its second annual Environmental Rankings survey this year in which respondents voted for their preferred players in emissions & renewables markets. Katie Holliday analyses the results and talks to market participants about their…
Carbon experts forecast global trading agreement by mid-2011
The outlook for the COP-15 in Copenhagen this year has been buoyed by reduction target pledges by the US and China, despite almost unanimous agreement from experts that a legally binding treaty is unlikely to be concretised. Katie Holliday and Pauline…
Tradition to market Californian carbon offset basket
Tradition, an interdealer broker and a subsidiary of Compagnie Financière Tradition, has been awarded the exclusive mandate to market the largest agricultural methane carbon offset basket in California.
Merger to create biggest UK carbon company
Two UK-based carbon trading investment funds are set to merge and create the UK's largest carbon company.
China's smoke signal
World leaders will congregate in Copenhagen next month in a bid to thrash out a replacement to the Kyoto protocol for climate change. While the outcome is still far from clear, new policy stances from Asian nations are already having a fundamental effect
Cap-and-trade bill passed by Senate committee
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) passed the Kerry-Boxer Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act by 11 votes to one today, with all seven Republican committee members absent from the vote.
APX launches carbon credit tracking service
A newly launched service will allow project developers, buyers and sellers of carbon offset credits and forwards to track documents and contract information.
Senate starts deliberations on cap-and-trade bill
Senate committee hearings began yesterday on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, co-authored by senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer.