Carbon Pulse

A global leader helping to tackle the world’s most intractable environmental challenges, Verra seeks a Regional Manager, Latin America to support the implementation of current and future climate change mitigation projects under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and Climate Community & Biodiversity (CCB) programs in the dynamic Latin American carbon markets.

Organization: Climate Action Reserve Position: Reserve Administrator Duty Station: Los Angeles, CA, US

Organization: UN Environment Position: Consultant Duty Station: Home-based

Organization: Crawford School of Public Policy (Australian National University) Position: Researcher, Economics and Policy of Zero-Carbon Energy Transitions Duty Station: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Organization: Department of Sustainable Development (Government of Saint Lucia) Position: Consultant, Greenhouse Gas Inventory Duty Station: Home based with travel to Castries, Saint Lucia

Organization: Climate-KIC Position: Director, International Partnerships and Development Duty Station: Preferably Amsterdam or London, but open across EIT Climate-KIC offices

Organization: NEEMO EEIG (Prospect CS) Position: Climate Action Coordinator Duty Station: Brussels, Belgium

Seeking highly-motivated researcher with a background in environmental sciences or economics and with proven affinity with climate change and energy.

The Ohio legislature is nearing approval of a bill that will subsidise two nuclear plants slated to close in the next decade, while also weakening and eventually eliminating the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS).

European carbon fell on Thursday on another weak auction but stayed above €28, holding on to the bulk of last week’s gains.

Experts are mixed over the impact of new European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s climate pledges and EU ETS reform plan, with views of her strategy ranging from “mega-bullish” to "vague long-shot”.

A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.

Alberta will likely keep the C$30/tonne compliance charge in its proposed overhaul of the Canadian province’s trading programme for large emitters, a shift from the ruling United Conservative Party’s (UCP) original plan to lower the CO2 price below the federal ‘backstop’ rate next year, a government official said Wednesday.

A Utah-led lawsuit challenging the legality of both California’s cap-and-trade programme and a bill that sets emissions performance standards for baseload generation is on hold as funding for the case has not become available, multiple sources told Carbon Pulse.

A proposed compromise on Oregon’s failed WCI-modelled cap-and-trade bill would have retired allowances for power supplied to heavy industries for at least the first two years of the scheme, according to language seen by Carbon Pulse, while lawmakers are planning their next moves for advancing the ETS.

EUAs fell to a three-day low before climbing back into positive territory on Wednesday, halting their slide from an 11-year high earlier this week as buyers emerged following this morning's bumper auction.

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An investment vehicle managed by green group The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has acquired three WCI-registered offset projects in the southeast US, as the organisation continues to build its portfolio in the California carbon market.

The European Parliament narrowly endorsed Ursula von der Leyen as the new European Commission president late Tuesday, though her promise of a “green deal for Europe” failed to win over the assembly’s most dedicated environmentalists.

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu (R) has signed a bill that will implement most of the post-2020 RGGI Model Rule, marking the seventh of nine states to finalise the regulatory changes for the northeast US ETS.