Carbon Pulse

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Germany will not apply carbon pricing to its non-ETS sectors until at least 2021, new state energy secretary Andreas Feicht said Thursday. 

Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

RGGI prices fell by almost 20 cents this week as traders took a more bearish near-term view, while California CCA prices continued to stagnate ahead of the WCI market's February auction.

South Korean carbon permits traded up to their highest prices since last June on Thursday on the back of a strong auction that cleared 5.9% above the secondary market.

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

The Canadian province of Saskatchewan and its allies on Wednesday argued that Ottawa’s carbon tax mandate is unconstitutional and violates the principles of federalism, kicking off the first of two lawsuits this year against the federal ‘backstop’ carbon pricing plan.

Companies will be able to show emission mitigation efforts for future economic developments under a new programme launched Wednesday by California-based offset registry Climate Action Reserve (CAR), a departure from traditional offset activities that award credits after achieving reductions.