Acidification: the latest unknown for stressed Arctic ecosystem
OSLO (Reuters) - The Arctic ecosystem, already under pressure from record ice melts, faces another potential threat in the form of rapid acidification of the ocean,...
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Sunday, April 21st, 2013
California to link its cap-and-trade program with Québec’s 1 Jan 2014
The California Air Resources Board voted to approve a date of 1 January 2014 officially to link California’s cap-and-trade program with that of the Canadian Province of...
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
Europe rejects plan to increase carbon price
The European Parliament voted against tightening the supply of carbon-emissions allowances, which would have increased their price.
EPA: US GHG inventory shows 1.6% drop in 2011 over 2010; transportation CO2 down 1.1%
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 18th annual report of overall US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions showing a 1.6% decrease in 2011 from the previous...
Monday, April 15th, 2013
EPA to delay emissions rule at new power plants
The new rule, limiting emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, drew legal and technical objections from the electric power industry.
Monday, April 8th, 2013
Greenhouse gas rules will be enacted soon, says Obama aide
The president’s top climate adviser said the limits on power plants will be issued in the "not-too-distant future."
US carbon emissions in 2012 lowest since 1994 as gas displaces coal
A switch from coal to natural gas in electricity production helped drive down energy-related U.S. carbon dioxide emissions in 2012 to their lowest level since 1994, the...
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
EU capped carbon emissions fell 1.4 percent in 2012
LONDON (Reuters) - Emissions from power plants and factories covered by the European Union's carbon market fell by 1.4 percent last year, preliminary like-for-like...
Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
New carbon storage method reduces earthquake risk, study says
A team of researchers says it has demonstrated a method of underground carbon storage that reduces the risk of triggering earthquakes, a safety concern cited by some...
Saturday, March 16th, 2013
Nobel Prize winners urge Obama to back aviation carbon pricing
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A group of leading economists, including eight Nobel Prize winners, has written to President Barack Obama urging him to support a carbon price on...
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
Democrats circulate carbon fee bill
The bill indicates a growing willingness among some Democrats to take advantage of a resurgence of climate change awareness.
Monday, February 25th, 2013
Lew: White House won't propose carbon tax
Jack Lew, the White House nominee for Treasury secretary, says President Obama’s second-term vow to confront climate change will not lead to proposals to tax carbon...
Alberta carbon capture project scrapped
A $285-million green initiative to capture and store greenhouse gases in Alberta has been put on the chopping block.
California's second cap-and-trade auction beats expectations
California's largest greenhouse gas-emitting businesses paid $13.62 per metric tonne (1.1 tons) for the right to release carbon, narrowly beating market expectations...
Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
EU warned on carbon trading system overhaul
The European energy commissioner raised doubts about changes proposed to restore the credibility of the bloc's flagship program to fight climate change.
Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
U.S. northeast cap-and-trade program said to lower cap
The U.S. Northeast’s cap-and-trade program, which was been hampered by pollution limits that exceed carbon emissions, is expected to reduce its cap by as much as 45...
Sunday, February 3rd, 2013
BNEF: U.S. carbon emissions fall to lowest level since 1994
The continuing expansion of renewable energy technologies, advances in energy efficiency, and the rapid shift from coal to natural gas for generating electricity combined...
Thursday, January 31st, 2013
Pentagon nominee Hagel endorses ban on high-carbon defense fuels
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), President Obama’s nominee for Defense secretary, is backing a controversial ban on military purchase of alternative fuels that have...
Monday, January 28th, 2013
EU climate commissioner Hedegaard: carbon price drop 'wake-up call'
BRUSSELS, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A sharp drop in carbon allowance prices is a "wake-up call" showing European Commission reforms need to be implemented, the EU's...
Saturday, January 26th, 2013
EU carbon price crashes to record low
Price of a permit to emit a tonne of carbon fell to €2.81 after an EU vote against a proposal to support the struggling market.
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