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17 May 13 19:06 Firms surrender 552 mln banned carbon offsets to EU LONDON, May 17 (Reuters Point Carbon) – Companies have surrendered to the EU more than 550 million U.N.-backed carbon offsets that have since been banned under the bloc’s Emissions Trading Scheme, analysts said. Buy/Free trial
17 May 13 18:19 EU carbon ends week up 3.5 pct as auction volume snapped up LONDON, May 17 (Reuters Point Carbon) - European carbon allowances ended the week in positive territory as optimism from steady demand for government auctions outweighed concerns over an EU plan to cut supply. Buy/Free trial
17 May 13 18:19 Speculators main buyers in EU carbon auctions -report LONDON, May 17 (Reuters Point Carbon) – Banks and trading houses bought more than two thirds of the 138 million carbon permits sold by 25 European governments between Nov. 2012 and Feb. 2013 to help power plants and factories comply with the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, an EU Commission report published Friday showed. Buy/Free trial
17 May 13 11:01 German CO2 auction clears at 3.55 euros LONDON, May 17 (Reuters Point Carbon) - Germany on Friday sold just over 4 million spot EU carbon permits for 3.55 euros each, energy exchange EEX said. Buy/Free trial
17 May 13 10:26 Aus. carbon offset supply surpasses 1 million BEIJING, May 17 (Reuters Point Carbon) - Australia has now issued over 1 million carbon credits to projects that cut planet-warming gases, a move that could cut the costs energy companies and factories face in complying with the nation’s carbon tax and market. Buy/Free trial
17 May 13 01:15 Groups oppose effort to restart damaged California reactor HOUSTON, May 16 (Reuters) - Critics of the damaged San Onofre nuclear plant in California urged federal regulators on Thursday to reject an effort by a unit of Edison International to accelerate a review process needed to determine if the reactor is safe to operate this summer. Buy/Free trial
17 May 13 01:00 CCAs hit 3-week high as buyers anticipate strong auction clearing price SAN FRANCISCO, May 16 (Reuters Point Carbon) – California carbon allowances (CCAs) for delivery in December 2013 closed at $14.80 a tonne on Thursday, up 3 percent from the previous week’s close as market participants anticipated an auction clearing price above $14/t. Buy/Free trial
16 May 13 17:30 EU carbon hits 4-day high on technical buying LONDON, May 16 (Reuters Point Carbon) – European carbon allowances hit a four-day high on Thursday, shrugging off fresh supply from government sales of permits to breach technical resistance levels which triggered buying and pushed prices higher, traders said. Buy/Free trial
16 May 13 16:17 Price collapse wipes $66 billion off value of CDM market: report LONDON, May 16 (Reuters Point Carbon) – A 99-percent collapse in the price of U.N.-backed carbon credits has wiped $66 billion off the value of investments made under the Clean Development Mechanism, according to a report published Thursday by Madrid-based advisory firm CO2 Spain. Buy/Free trial
16 May 13 12:12 EU says firms used record number of CO2 offsets in 2012 LONDON, May 16 (Reuters Point Carbon) - EU firms facing carbon caps under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme surrendered a record number of U.N. offsets against their emissions in 2012, the EU Commission said on Thursday, meaning future demand for offsets from EU companies will fall by more than half over the next eight years. Buy/Free trial
16 May 13 12:02 Airlines comply with EU emission law after rule climbdown LONDON, May 16 (Reuters Point Carbon) – Airlines responsible for 98 percent of emissions regulated under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme complied with rules to surrender a carbon permit for every tonne of CO2 they emitted last year, the EU said Thursday. Buy/Free trial
16 May 13 12:00 EU says CO2 market permit surplus doubled in 2012 LONDON, May 16 (Reuters Point Carbon) – Emissions of carbon dioxide regulated by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme fell 2 percent in 2012 compared with the previous year, doubling the scheme’s carbon permit surplus to 2 billion allowances, the EU Commission said on Thursday. Buy/Free trial
16 May 13 11:01 EU auctions 3.46 mln CO2 spot permits for 3.47 euros each LONDON, May 16 (Reuters Point Carbon) - The EU sold 3.462 million spot EU carbon permits on EEX on Monday for 3.47 euros each, according to traders. Buy/Free trial
16 May 13 09:43 NZ carbon slides below NZ$2 as cheaper ERUs draw attention BEIJING, May 16 (Reuters Point Carbon) - Government-issued CO2 permits in New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme fell below NZ$2 for the first time since early March this week as traders preferred to buy cheaper U.N.-issued ERUs to use for compliance. Buy/Free trial
15 May 13 17:12 EU carbon hits 3-day high on technicals, supply pause LONDON, May 15 (Reuters Point Carbon) – European carbon allowances rose for the second successive day on Wednesday as fresh supply of government permits stalled, forcing prices to break above technical resistance levels to a three-day high of 3.67 euros, traders said. Buy/Free trial

17 May 13 19:06

Firms surrender 552 mln banned carbon offsets to EU

LONDON, May 17 (Reuters Point Carbon) – Companies have surrendered to the EU more than 550 million U.N.-backed carbon offsets that have since been banned under the bloc’s Emissions Trading Scheme, analysts said.

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17 May 13 18:19

EU carbon ends week up 3.5 pct as auction volume snapped up

LONDON, May 17 (Reuters Point Carbon) - European carbon allowances ended the week in positive territory as optimism from steady demand for government auctions outweighed concerns over an EU plan to cut supply.

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17 May 13 18:19

Speculators main buyers in EU carbon auctions -report

LONDON, May 17 (Reuters Point Carbon) – Banks and trading houses bought more than two thirds of the 138 million carbon permits sold by 25 European governments between Nov. 2012 and Feb. 2013 to help power plants and factories comply with the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, an EU Commission report published Friday showed.

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17 May 13 11:01

German CO2 auction clears at 3.55 euros

LONDON, May 17 (Reuters Point Carbon) - Germany on Friday sold just over 4 million spot EU carbon permits for 3.55 euros each, energy exchange EEX said.

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17 May 13 10:26

Aus. carbon offset supply surpasses 1 million

BEIJING, May 17 (Reuters Point Carbon) - Australia has now issued over 1 million carbon credits to projects that cut planet-warming gases, a move that could cut the costs energy companies and factories face in complying with the nation’s carbon tax and market.

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17 May 13 01:15

Groups oppose effort to restart damaged California reactor

HOUSTON, May 16 (Reuters) - Critics of the damaged San Onofre nuclear plant in California urged federal regulators on Thursday to reject an effort by a unit of Edison International to accelerate a review process needed to determine if the reactor is safe to operate this summer.

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17 May 13 01:00

CCAs hit 3-week high as buyers anticipate strong auction clearing price

SAN FRANCISCO, May 16 (Reuters Point Carbon) – California carbon allowances (CCAs) for delivery in December 2013 closed at $14.80 a tonne on Thursday, up 3 percent from the previous week’s close as market participants anticipated an auction clearing price above $14/t.

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16 May 13 17:30

EU carbon hits 4-day high on technical buying

LONDON, May 16 (Reuters Point Carbon) – European carbon allowances hit a four-day high on Thursday, shrugging off fresh supply from government sales of permits to breach technical resistance levels which triggered buying and pushed prices higher, traders said.

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16 May 13 16:17

Price collapse wipes $66 billion off value of CDM market: report

LONDON, May 16 (Reuters Point Carbon) – A 99-percent collapse in the price of U.N.-backed carbon credits has wiped $66 billion off the value of investments made under the Clean Development Mechanism, according to a report published Thursday by Madrid-based advisory firm CO2 Spain.

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16 May 13 12:12

EU says firms used record number of CO2 offsets in 2012

LONDON, May 16 (Reuters Point Carbon) - EU firms facing carbon caps under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme surrendered a record number of U.N. offsets against their emissions in 2012, the EU Commission said on Thursday, meaning future demand for offsets from EU companies will fall by more than half over the next eight years.

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16 May 13 12:02

Airlines comply with EU emission law after rule climbdown

LONDON, May 16 (Reuters Point Carbon) – Airlines responsible for 98 percent of emissions regulated under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme complied with rules to surrender a carbon permit for every tonne of CO2 they emitted last year, the EU said Thursday.

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16 May 13 12:00

EU says CO2 market permit surplus doubled in 2012

LONDON, May 16 (Reuters Point Carbon) – Emissions of carbon dioxide regulated by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme fell 2 percent in 2012 compared with the previous year, doubling the scheme’s carbon permit surplus to 2 billion allowances, the EU Commission said on Thursday.

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16 May 13 11:01

EU auctions 3.46 mln CO2 spot permits for 3.47 euros each

LONDON, May 16 (Reuters Point Carbon) - The EU sold 3.462 million spot EU carbon permits on EEX on Monday for 3.47 euros each, according to traders.

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16 May 13 09:43

NZ carbon slides below NZ$2 as cheaper ERUs draw attention

BEIJING, May 16 (Reuters Point Carbon) - Government-issued CO2 permits in New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme fell below NZ$2 for the first time since early March this week as traders preferred to buy cheaper U.N.-issued ERUs to use for compliance.

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15 May 13 17:12

EU carbon hits 3-day high on technicals, supply pause

LONDON, May 15 (Reuters Point Carbon) – European carbon allowances rose for the second successive day on Wednesday as fresh supply of government permits stalled, forcing prices to break above technical resistance levels to a three-day high of 3.67 euros, traders said.

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