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News and intelligence on carbon markets, greenhouse gas pricing, and climate policy
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EU adopts rules that secure industry’s free EUAs for a decade
The European Commission has adopted a decision to slightly trim the ETS’s carbon leakage list but keep industry’s free allocation largely intact until 2030.
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ANALYSIS: Taking a risky route, UK airline Flybmi crashes into EU ETS Brexit ‘shield’
UK airline Flybmi collapsed over the weekend, blaming in part higher EU ETS costs, though it appears that the bloc's Brexit-linked carbon market safeguards contributed to its ultimate death knell amid the carrier's risky practices and despite a slew of warnings.
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Analysts see further upside to Korean CO2 price
South Korean carbon allowances are valued near all-time high levels, but prices could move up further in the short term as a lack of available supply continues in the market, analysts said Monday.
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Legal experts deal blow to Australia’s plans for new coal plants
Australia’s plan to build new coal-fired power plants with taxpayer money might fail after legal experts said it would need parliament’s approval.
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CP Daily: Friday February 15, 2019
A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.
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Associate Analyst, ecoPartners – Berkeley, California
ecoPartners is hiring an Associate Analyst to join our start-up team located in Berkeley, California. This position is a temporary, full-time appointment starting in April 2019.
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California could account for LADWP plant closures in carbon allocation discussions
California's ARB could amend its carbon allowance allocations to account for the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power's (LADWP) post-2020 power plant closures, as the state agency also looks to adapt ETS regulations to account for higher Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) targets, sources said.
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Washington LCFS stakeholders bracing for oil pushback as bill clears second committee
The oil industry is expected to mount an opposition campaign against a Washington state proposal to enact a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) that is currently advancing through the legislature, stakeholders said Friday.
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US Carbon Pricing Legislative Roundup for week ending Feb. 15, 2019
A summary of legislative action on carbon pricing and clean energy bills at the US state level taken this week, including Virginia Republicans’ move to block a RGGI linkage, carbon pricing developments in New York, and the defeat of a carbon tax bill in Montana.
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EU Market: EUAs back above €20, but bearish risks linger after 9% weekly drop
EUAs climbed back above €20 on Friday, partially reversing this week’s volatile plunge to a two-month low that saw carbon enter bear market territory, though traders said prices remain vulnerable to further falls.
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ANALYSIS – What goes up: Bearish headwinds lead more experts to change tune on once irrepressible EUAs
After tripling in price and being hailed the best performing commodity of 2018, the party could be over for once irrepressible European carbon - at least for now - with experts forewarning of a hangover fuelled by falling gas and other bearish factors.
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German minister rules out carbon pricing for non-ETS sectors until 2021
Germany will not apply carbon pricing to its non-ETS sectors until at least 2021, new state energy secretary Andreas Feicht said Thursday.
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CN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending Feb. 15, 2019
Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.
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Australian offset issuance grounds to near halt
Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator issued fewer than 10,000 new carbon credits this week, as most projects seeking to earn credits in time for the Safeguard mechanism compliance deadline have done so over the past two months.
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CP Daily: Thursday February 14, 2019
A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.
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Canadian ‘backstop’ carbon price a matter of national concern, federal government argues
The Canadian federal government may impose its CO2 pricing scheme on recalcitrant provinces because the country's GHG emissions are not only a matter of national concern, but Canada is well off track towards meeting its targets under international treaties, Ottawa and its supporters argued in the second and final day of a court hearing on Thursday.
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RGGI should force New Jersey to aim higher in emissions goals, stakeholders argue
RGGI should push New Jersey regulators to adopt a more stringent 2020 cap to prevent the state from watering down the effectiveness of the northeast US carbon market, according to public comments.
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Senior EDF trader to join Citi’s EU power and carbon desk
A London-based senior power trader has left the trading arm of French utility EDF to join US investment bank Citi, Carbon Pulse has learned.
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EU Market: EUAs tumble a further 6% to enter bear market territory
European carbon prices continued their downward march on Thursday, falling by 6% to hit a new two-month low and officially enter bear market territory.
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EU wrong to include Solvay’s captured emissions in ETS, court rules
The EU’s highest court ruled that Brussels wrongly included emissions captured from a Belgium chemical firm's German unit under the scope of the EU ETS, a move that could slightly curb the company’s carbon costs.
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