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Republican group calls for Carbon tax

February 12, 2017Created By: Billy Hamshaw

(Source: The New York Times) A group of Republican elder statesmen is calling for a tax on carbon emissions to fight climate change. The group, led by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, with former Secretary of State George P. Shultz and Henry M. Paulson Jr., a former secretary of…
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California lawmakers hope new climate change proposal will help low-income communities harmed by pollution

February 12, 2017Created By: Billy Hamshaw

(Source: Los Angeles Times) California lawmakers on Thursday announced a new effort to address climate change with an increased focus on finding ways to help communities harmed by pollution and poverty. The legislation, AB 378, represents an opening bid in the conversation about how to handle the state’s cap-and-trade program, which requires…
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Offset Scorecard: A duo of issuances in ARB’s third announcement of 2017

February 9, 2017Created By: Billy Hamshaw

(CaliforniaCarbon.info, Feb 9, 2017) California’s Air Resources Board (ARB) have approved the issuance of 157,690 credits now available for compliance under the state’s cap-and-trade program. The offsets were awarded to two new projects, both registered with the American Carbon Registry (ACR), one of the three registries operating within the program. Project…
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Ontario Cap-and-Trade Auction March 2017

January 26, 2017Created By: Billy Hamshaw

Ontario’s first auction of allowances under the cap-and-trade program will take place on March 22, 2017. The application period for the auction commenced on January 20, 2017 and will end on February 21, 2017. In order to participate, participants must have an active Primary Account Representative (PAR) or Alternative Account…
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Alaska Natives to protect land for California carbon program

January 26, 2017Created By: Billy Hamshaw

(Source: Herald Courier) An undeveloped Alaska coal field, California’s offsets for carbon pollution and thousands of acres of forest are the unlikely players in a complex agreement that is expected to generate millions for an Alaska Native organization. The agreement protects the land from development and sets up financial benefits for…
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CCC vs ARB – A Prophet’s view of the Courtroom

January 25, 2017Created By: Harry Horner

In a packed Courtroom yesterday in Sacramento, the latest twist of the Californian climate narrative played out: the Appeals Court heard the oral arguments in the pivotal Air Resources Board vs California Chambers of Commerce auction case. CaliforniaCarbon.info spoke to climate law specialist Nico Van Aelstyn of Beveridge and Diamond,…
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Appeals court to decide future of California carbon auctions

January 25, 2017Created By: Billy Hamshaw

(Source: abc News) Businesses looking to invalidate California’s fee for carbon pollution took their arguments to a state appeals court Tuesday in a case that could determine the future of one of California’s signature efforts to combat climate change. With a central piece of Gov. Jerry Brown’s legacy on the line, lawyers…
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As Trump enters White House, California renews climate change fight

January 20, 2017Created By: Billy Hamshaw

(Source: Reuters) California released new measures to fight climate change within minutes of Donald Trump being sworn in as U.S. president on Friday, signaling the state’s commitment to be the nation’s environmental steward under an administration that has questioned the reality of global warming. California officials said it was a coincidence that…
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Trump moves on plans to scrap climate initiatives

January 20, 2017Created By: Billy Hamshaw

(Source: Power Magazine) The Trump administration will scrap executive actions to curb U.S. carbon pollution from power plants and other climate measures outlined in the Obama administration’s landmark Climate Action Plan, according to an “energy plan” published by President Donald Trump’s White House minutes after he was inaugurated January 20. Under the…
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Testing climate leadership with cap-and-trade in Oregon

January 20, 2017Created By: Billy Hamshaw

(Source: Oregon Business) In Oregon environmental advocates hope a market-based program will help accelerate climate leadership. Sen. Lee Beyer, D-Springfield, has introduced a cap and trade bill that would repeal the state’s existing emissions goals, and replace them with a new goal for 2025 and caps for 2035 and 2050. In 2050,…
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