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JLN Environmental/Energy: Airlines May Delay Emissions Measure for Extra Year: ICAO; California carbon permits sell for record high price; EU Panel Penalties to Hurt Solar Firms From China to U.K.

by JLN Staff | May 23, 2013

In this edition, coverage of California’s latest carbon auction and Thomson Reuters Point Carbon analysis on that sale in the Carbon section. Elsewhere, EU Urges Energy Market as U.S. Shale Gas Widens Price Gap, Bloomberg reports. Quote of the Day:“This makes it all...

JLN Environmental/Energy: High energy prices for industry occupy officials at EU summit; China reveals details of first carbon trading scheme; Pakistan misses opportunity to earn carbon credits

by JLN Staff | May 22, 2013

In this edition, storms raise the clash within and across science and politics once again. Reuters reports “Extreme global warming seen further away than previously thought” and The New York Times Editorial Board charges Climate Warnings, Growing Louder. In The New...

JLN Environmental/Energy: China Unlikely to Stimulate New Carbon Credit Supply Efforts; Brazil Auction Rules May Boost Price of Cheap Wind Power; Gov. Brown chided for plan to borrow from cap-and-trade funds

by JLN Staff | May 16, 2013

In this edition, China takes the top place among articles, including Bloomberg’s article suggesting China Unlikely to Stimulate New Carbon Credit Supply Efforts and a thorough Financial Times’ look at water security. Meanwhile, Japan government takes aim at...

JLN Environmental/Energy: Australia Cuts Carbon Price Forecast for 2015 by More Than Half; July vote may be back-loading’s last chance – EU; Geothermal Fights Back

by JLN Staff | May 15, 2013

In this edition, two pieces on carbon pricing in Australia Cuts Carbon Price Forecast for 2015 by More Than Half and a blog posting that argues RGGI Still Falls Short of Real Carbon Pricing. Elsewhere, Secretary of State John Kerry apologies in Sweden for slow U.S....

JLN Environmental/Energy: Airline industry leans toward global carbon offset scheme; Green goes mainstream in the hunt for yield; Clock is ticking, slowly, on rules for coal-fired power plants

by JLN Staff | May 14, 2013

In this edition, all eyes on the global airline industry and its role in the future of carbon markets. Elsewhere in carbon coverage, Project aims to track big city carbon footprints, reports the AP, while Huffington Post blogs Oh Frack, B.C.'s Carbon Footprint Likely...

JLN Environmental/Energy: Carbon Champions Undeterred by Kyoto Dead-End, EU Envoy Says; Republicans Block Vote on Nominee to Lead E.P.A.; Oil companies target America for investment

by JLN Staff | May 10, 2013

In this edition, market developments in Carbon Champions Undeterred by Kyoto Dead-End, EU Envoy Says and in EU's carbon crisis blows back on Australia. And, on the development front, Renewable Power Could Be Stored as Liquid Air, U.K. Lobby Says. Quote of the...

JLN Environmental/Energy: New emissions plan could energise global climate talks, says US envoy; The Emerging Interlocking Climate Solution; How GE and a leading utility are changing the smart-grid game

by JLN Staff | May 9, 2013

In this edition, more buzz out of the U.S. suggesting that the best Kyoto rewrite will come with ditching a multilateral agreement in favor of country plans. Australia is bristling over European market impact on its carbon tax and market policies. And, from The New...

JLN Environmental/Energy: IntercontinentalExchange Sees Global Pricing Fueling Trade in Gas Futures; Shell Bets Big on Natural Gas; The U.S. Has Much, Much More Gas and Oil Than We Thought

by JLN Staff | May 1, 2013

In this edition, The Economist weighs in on the ETS in this month’s magazine. Yale is out with a new report on the how the population links extreme weather and climate change. From the water space, the New York Times reports on Safe Storage of Water? Go Underground....

JLN Environmental/Energy: Bonn climate talks kick off with stark warning over dangerous carbon threshold; Carbon bubble makes Australia's coal industry ripe for financial implosion; Bank of America and Citigroup Biggest Lenders to Coal

by JLN Staff | Apr 30, 2013

In this edition, dispatches from the U.N.’s Bonn conference from Ecosystem Marketplace and Business Green. Australia’s complex carbon-coal relationship is covered by Business Green in the Leads section and others throughout the Coal section. And from the political...

JLN Environmental/Energy: Carbon Markets Drive China, India Climate Efforts, Center Says; More US cities join push to sell off fossil fuel investments; Chinese Solar Firm Sells Stake to Raise Cash

by JLN Staff | Apr 29, 2013

In this issue, Reuters and Bloomberg cover the decline in European power trading. The Hill reports Ex-climate czar Browner predicts Obama will regulate existing power plants.The Atlantic’s May issue asks: What If We Never Run Out of Oil? The Financial Times says More...

JLN Environmental/Energy: EEX, Powernext to combine gas trading from May 29; U.K.’s Davies Seeks Carbon Vote in EU Assembly Before End-July; How Google is changing the renewables game for Apple, Facebook

by JLN Staff | Apr 26, 2013

In this edition, a look at carbon policy inaction impact on utilities use of coal and power prices. A New York Times political feature says Obama’s second term is off to a slow start for the environment. And, U.S. House Plans Hearings on Federal Ethanol Mandate This...

JLN Environmental/Energy: Record Carbon Plunge Means Pain for Europe’s Utilities; EU faces energy policy vacuum after 2020; U.S. Weighs Legislation to Cut Clean Energy Capital Costs

by JLN Staff | Apr 25, 2013

In this edition, dispatches from the EU policy talks in Dublin, including Reuters’ EU faces energy policy vacuum after 2020. BNEF has a feature exploring Peak Fossil Fuels’ Is Closer Than You Think. And from Bloomberg, U.S. Weighs Legislation to Cut Clean Energy...

JLN Environmental/Energy: Nasdaq set for Europe energy trades push; Swan urges calm on EU carbon price; Trucking Industry Is Set to Expand Its Use of Natural Gas

by JLN Staff | Apr 22, 2013

In this edition, market coverage in The FT’s Nasdaq set for Europe energy trades push and in the LA Times’ look at Cap-and-trade programs in California and Quebec to merge. And from Inside Climate News (Pulitzer Prize winner for climate coverage), a dispatch on...

JLN Environmental/Energy: Europe’s Carbon Market Eyes Assurances on Fix From Ministers; China and India talk up plans for national climate action; Study: Fracked gas far more climate-friendly than coal

by JLN Staff | Apr 22, 2013

In this edition, coverage and attention turn to Dublin talks this week, covered here: Europe’s Carbon Market Eyes Assurances on Fix From Ministers. And, the World Bank weighs in in a PBS interview: World Bank President: Climate Change Is Urgent 'Today' Problem. Quote...