More Good News to Celebrate this Earth Day
By Tim O'ConnorWe blogged yesterday about the latest Next 10 report that analyzes the economic impacts of policies designed to help California reduce its climate pollution. It notes California’s...
View ArticleCalifornia Will not Repeat UN Offset Design Flaw
By Erica MorehouseLast week, the New York Times highlighted a specific design flaw in the UN carbon offsets program that the EU has allowed entities subject to its emissions trading system to utilize....
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Another outpouring of support for California’s cap-and-trade regulation
By Tim O'ConnorWith only two and a half months remaining until North America’s largest carbon market goes “live,” it’s no surprise that economic experts from around the nation are standing up and...
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All Systems Go for California’s Carbon Auction!
By Emily ReynaYesterday, California took an important step towards finalizing a major component of the state’s effort to cut climate change pollution, an economy wide cap-and-trade regulation that...
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EU’s cap-and-trade lessons are to California’s advantage
By Erica MorehouseThis January, California’s cap and trade system is set to go into full effect, marking an enormous step towards creating California’s clean economy. While California is used to being...
View ArticleThe Nuts and Bolts of California’s First Greenhouse Gas Auction
By Larissa KoehlerBy: Jonathan Camuzeaux, EDF Research Analyst Following today’s California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) board meeting, the next major milestone in California’s efforts to reduce...
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Top 4 things to know about California's first ever carbon auction
By Emily ReynaWhile millions of Americans recover from the Sandy-Nor’easter extreme weather event combo, and even as President Obama’s remarks about action against a “warming planet” linger, all eyes...
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Roll on California, Roll on: State is Set for Second Carbon Auction,...
By Emily ReynaWhile those in Washington continue to discuss climate change, California and other states are taking action. Case in point, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) – a group of...
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A Triple Bottom Line for the Central Valley: Environment, Economy, Equity
By Jorge MadridThis week the Air Resources Board (ARB) held a public workshop in Fresno, California, to gather public input on ways to invest proceeds from California’s cap-and-trade auction. ARB...
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Results Are In: Auction Continues California’s Winning Streak to Fight...
By Tim O'ConnorThree months ago California officially opened its world class cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gas pollution – establishing the first ever carbon price in the Golden State and...
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Cap and Trade Needs Auctions like the Ocean Needs Whales
By Erica MorehouseSource: National Geographic Arguing that California’s cap-and-trade program doesn’t need to auction carbon allowances is like arguing that the ocean doesn’t need whales or that...
View ArticleThe Future of Offsets Just Got Brighter
By Robert ParkhurstYesterday the California cap-and-trade program hit another milestone. The American Carbon Registry, an approved Offset Project Registry, issued the first compliance offset credits, a...
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Five in Five: How to Achieve AB 32’s Goals and Build a Healthier, More...
By Larissa KoehlerThe 5-year update to the 2008 AB 32 Scoping Plan is being met with great anticipation, since it will continue California's trajectory down a path toward a healthier environment and...
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AB 32’s Scoping Plan is a Tale of Two Energy Futures
By Tim O'ConnorFor a window into two vastly different visions of our state’s future, take a look at the comments filed last week as part of the AB 32 Scoping Plan update process. The 2008 Scoping Plan...
View ArticleAn Effective Carbon Market for a Stronger California
By Emily ReynaBy Emily Reyna and Katherine Hsia-Kiung Last Friday, California companies participated in the fourth cap-and-trade auction since the program’s historic opening in November 2012. The...
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California’s Latest Cap-and-Trade Auction Shows Staying Power, Sparks...
By Emily Reyna For those following cap and trade, today is another success for California’s economy and environment. The fourth auction came and went last Friday and the results published by the...
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Sky is Not Falling on Cap and Trade
By Emily ReynaYesterday, Thomson Reuters Point Carbon published an updated forecast for allowance prices in the California carbon market, causing many skeptics to pontificate the beginning of the end...
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Offset Market Alive and Well in California
By Robert ParkhurstOffset Issuance Congratulations to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) as they announced plans to issue the first CARB Offset Credits or ARBOCs. These 600,000 metric tons of...
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Scoping Plan 2.0: Taking Action Today for a Clean Energy Future
By Erica Morehouse Today, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its draft 2013 Scoping Plan, the blueprint outlining how the State will address climate change over the next five years,...
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History Repeats Itself Again: CARE’s New Cost Analysis Paints a One-Sided...
By Tim O'ConnorMajor polluters funding skewed analysis of the costs and benefits of environmental regulations is a long-standing tradition in regulatory circles. In a recent version of this phenomenon,...
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