Europe
EU carbon prices seen on track to recover
Reuters UK May 8 2009 1:20PM UTC
Unleashed on Reuters Blogging the financial meltdown LONDON (Reuters) - A recent boost in prices for carbon permits under the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme points to a recovery from a sell-off earlier this year when prices fell to a low of ... more>
Kyoto/Global
Indonesia forest CO2 rules need finance clarity: experts
Reuters May 8 2009 8:15AM UTC
By David Fogarty, Climate Change Correspondent, Asia SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The world’s first rules for generating tradeable carbon credits from protecting forests were a good start but Indonesia needed to clear up doubts over the government’s share of ... more>
Post 2012
Blair: US-China deal key to climate change accord
Water Environment Federation May 8 2009 7:03PM UTC
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The key to a new global climate change agreement will be a deal between the United States and China, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Friday ... more>
Russia to adopt a doctrine on climate change, prompting cheers and jeers Bellona Foundation - May 8 2009 8:59AM UTC
Part of: CO2 capture and storage , Climate change If Russia at the beginning of the 1900s annually experienced 150 to 200 dangerous natural phenomena causing damage to the economy, then within the last few years the number of such phenomena has grown ... more>
North America market
U.S. climate bill unlikely to pass this year: experts
Reuters May 8 2009 10:12PM UTC
By Rebekah Kebede NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. climate change legislation is unlikely to pass this year due to concerns about the recession and contention over the implementation of the program, according to energy and carbon market experts ... more>
EPA announces plans for greenhouse gas registry
BusinessGreen May 8 2009 10:22PM UTC
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday confirmed plans to bring greater transparency to the fast-emerging carbon market, earmarking $17m (11 ... more>
Australia
The dangers of a carbon licence to spill
The Age May 10 2009 2:43PM UTC
Page 1 of 2 Analysts were bemused with the drop in the starting price of the revised carbon scheme. SALE of the century! Pollution permits, half-price, for one year only ... more>
Australia government rejects coal compensation report
Reuters May 8 2009 8:20AM UTC
By Rob Taylor CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia’s government shook off on Friday coal industry warnings that 10,000 jobs would be lost and 16 coal mines forced to close unless a planned national carbon emissions trading scheme was dramatically overhauled ... more>
New European LNG supplier Australia fears CO2 controls Platts
May 8 2009 7:06PM UTC
Australia’s liquefied natural gas industry, a growing source of supply for European gas consumers, remains concerned that new Australian emissions controls limit the industry’s growth ... more>