Carbon Pulse

UN aviation body ICAO's expert panel will consider 14 emissions unit programme applications for the global offsetting mechanism CORSIA, with the submissions ranging from Kyoto era offset programmes and REDD initiatives to jurisdictional schemes in China, the Middle East, and Poland.

Failed efforts to impose a carbon tax in Washington state would have likely exerted significant financial pressure on downstream firms in the Pacific Northwest state by creating a stranded asset risk, according to new research.

California regulator ARB is likely to begin revamping various parts of its WCI-linked ETS in 2020, regulatory sources said, but agency officials have not ruled out starting the process later this year.

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EUAs edged lower early on Tuesday, though a strong auction helped steady prices, which continue to appear shaken along with wider financial markets by this week’s escalation of the US-China trade war.

Project developer AgriProve is offering a cash prize to farmers who come up with high quality soil carbon projects as part of a A$150 million ($102 mln) budget to help drive new sector activity in the Australian carbon market.

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Production may skew towards Alberta's more highly carbon-intensive facilities if the Conservative government replaces its large emitter trading programme's sector-level output-based standards with facility-level benchmarks, a new report said.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) should consider revoking a certificate granting utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) the sole right to distribute natural gas and power in northern California due to the company's recent safety record, according to the agency's Public Advocates Office.

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Italian utility Enel advanced its forward power hedging considerably over the previous quarter as its coal-based output fell, likely giving a slightly bearish signal for EUAs.

Connecticut has published its revised RGGI regulation that clarifies language about the US power sector carbon market's supply-curbing Emissions Containment Reserve (ECR) and price-limiting Cost Containment Reserve (CCR), coming ahead of a legislative committee meeting later this month.

EU carbon prices sank early on Monday as key energy prices were dragged lower by a wider markets sell-off on fears that the US-China trade conflict was spiralling into a currency war.

New Zealand has dismissed a proposal from its economic watchdog to establish an independent agency to run elements of its emissions trading scheme, such as setting annual GHG caps.

Climate Analytics currently seeking a Finance Officer to support and expand its Global Finance Team. The position includes a wide array of tasks, from project accounting and controlling to general bookkeeping. The position is based in Berlin.

Germany’s GIZ is seeking a project manager for its support project for Mexico’s NAMA on energy efficiency for small- and medium-sized companies.

There are conflicting views on how a post-Brexit UK emissions trading scheme should operate, with one side calling a standalone market "the worst" option and the other deeming it "essential" in giving the country the freedom to increase its climate ambition and allowing it to remain a global low-carbon leader.