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09 Feb 12 23:38
CCAs fall back to $15/t on profit taking

After climbing as high as $16 late last week, California carbon allowances (CCAs) for delivery in Dec. 2013 fell to $15/t on Thursday, unchanged from the price one week ago as market participants sold allowances and banked profits.

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09 Feb 12 22:17
Quebec CO2 permits could hit $80/t by 2018: Barcap

Quebec carbon allowances (QCA) will trade above its cap-and-trade program’s floor price of C$10/t ($10.05) in its early years before potentially climbing as high as C$80/t in 2018, Barclays Capital said in a report Thursday.

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09 Feb 12 21:37
US approves first new nuclear plant in a generation

U.S. regulators on Thursday approved plans to build the first new nuclear power plant in more than 30 years in spite of objections of the panel's chairman who cited safety concerns stemming from Japan's 2011 Fukushima disaster.

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08 Feb 12 23:38
California eyes $40 bln in CO2 revenue for rail project

The sale of CO2 permits to polluters could net California up to $40 billion over the life of its cap-and-trade program, money Governor Jerry Brown has said should be spent on an ambitious, $100 billion high-speed rail project.

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08 Feb 12 01:23
U.S. aviation bill heads to White House

A bill that contains a statement opposing an EU law that forces U.S. airlines to participate in its carbon cap-and-trade scheme is heading to the president’s desk for signature after clearing both houses of Congress.

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07 Feb 12 20:31
New Mexico regulators pull plug on WCI participation

Environmental regulators in the western state of New Mexico repealed rules to establish a cap-and-trade system by 2013, removing any chance the state will participate in the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) carbon market.

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06 Feb 12 19:17
Opponents of EU airline CO2 scheme to meet in Moscow

A group of 26 countries vehemently opposed to the EU aviation emissions trading scheme will meet in Moscow on Feb. 21 to discuss a plan of action, EU and Indian sources told Reuters on Monday.

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02 Feb 12 23:48
CCAs soar 15 pct as big buyer enters market

California carbon allowances (CCAs) for delivery in 2013 jumped $2 from last week to close at $15/t on Thursday on news that utility company PG&E was looking to buy allowances and offsets to meet its compliance obligation.

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02 Feb 12 02:12
PG&E seeks offers for California allowances and offsets

California's largest emitting utility sought offers for carbon permits and offsets Wednesday, a move market players said was a strong show of confidence that the market will start as planned in 2013.

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02 Feb 12 01:19
U.S. cleantech investment slips 4.5 pct from 2010: Ernst & Young

U.S. venture capital investment in clean technology reached $4.9 billion in Q4 2011, a 4.5 percent drop from the same period last year but a stronger performance than expected amid a weak economy, according to advisory firm Ernst & Young.

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02 Feb 12 00:00
Mexico to consider domestic carbon market in climate bill

Mexico’s lower house of Congress will consider a climate change bill in its new session, which began Wednesday, that would create a domestic greenhouse gas emissions trading system for the world’s 15th biggest greenhouse gas emitter.

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01 Feb 12 14:42
U.S. Congress to oppose EU law on aircraft emissions

The U.S. Congress will formally express its opposition to a European law aimed at reducing pollution from jetliners, a thorny diplomatic issue that has threatened to escalate transatlantic trade tensions.

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31 Jan 12 23:17
Linking concerns holding up Quebec CO2 market

Companies in Quebec looking to get a head start in the province’s cap-and-trade program will have little ability to do so until the province is linked to the larger California CO2 market, sources said.

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31 Jan 12 17:26
Houston poised to become California CO2 trading hub

California will next year host the world’s second biggest CO2 market as it tries to roll back its carbon footprint two decades, but it will not be San Francisco or Los Angeles that will likely be the center of trade, but the U.S. oil-dealing hub in Texas.

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