Carbon Pulse

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North American carbon prices on both coasts this week held steady as the northeast RGGI programme shrugged off higher emissions data while activity was barren in the WCI market.

Nuffield College seeks to appoint several postdoctoral researchers from different disciplines to contribute to the ‘Climate Econometrics (CE)’ project which aims to improve the understanding of the impact of humanity on climate and vice versa.

The Ontario government on Thursday announced its legal challenge to the constitutionality of the federal government’s ‘backstop’ carbon pricing scheme, making good on another of Premier Doug Ford’s campaign promises and setting up a courtroom battle over Ottawa's attempt to impose its climate strategy on the rest of Canada.

European carbon prices eased in quiet trade on Thursday after eking out another new seven-year high.

An expert team appointed by Alaska Governor Bill Walker (I) has proposed to implement a revenue-positive carbon tax for the US state as part of its ongoing process to create a climate change action plan, continuing efforts that started earlier this year.

The governments of ACT, Queensland and Victoria are preparing a list of demands for federal Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg ahead of next week’s crunch meeting on the future of the proposed National Energy Guarantee (NEG).

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Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has named four economic sectors that will be deemed at high risk of carbon leakage as part of its output-based pricing system (OBPS), while also confirming other elements including a weakening of the programme reported by Carbon Pulse last week.

Electricity sector emissions covered by the northeast US RGGI programme rose 5.5% year-on-year in the second quarter as reductions in most states were offset by increased output in Maryland.

European carbon prices jumped 2.2% to their highest since November 2008 on Wednesday, as the first in a month of smaller auctions indicated strong demand.

Data released by California regulator ARB late Tuesday showed that the first quarter of 2018 generated a record credit deficit in the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), but still fell short of some participants expectations.

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Big emitters increased their buying in Germany's EU carbon allowance auctions in June, government data shows, though speculators and intermediaries still accounted for half of all purchases.

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Several opportunities will still exist for voluntary market participants to develop and sell offsets over the next decade as more global compliance mechanisms come online, according to experts.

The Massachusetts House and Senate approved a bill in the waning hours of the 2018 legislative session on Tuesday that increases the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), but it omitted carbon pricing and several clean energy provisions that both the Senate and environmental advocates had pushed for.

US states and wholesale energy market operators should work towards implementing or expanding regional market solutions as the best way to achieve emissions reductions in the power sector, according to a discussion paper released Monday.

European carbon prices rocketed back towards recent highs on Tuesday after a strong auction result erased early weakness.