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CSAPR allowances allocated, but emitters remain wary
19 October 2011Emitters across 28 US states received their first allowances under the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) new sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrous oxide (NOx) trading programme yesterday – but a deluge of legal challenges and unhappy precedents continue to discourage trading.
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Industry pressure and politics blamed for Obama's smog rule delay
07 September 2011The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will abandon its pursuit of stricter smog standards at the direction of President Barack Obama and in what environmentalists and some legislators decried as a cave-in to industry.
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First trades complete in replacement SO2 and NOx market
05 September 2011The new sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions markets started humming last week, with the first trades brokered under the replacement programme established by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Japan edges towards renewables feed-in tariff
23 August 2011A renewable energy bill which would introduce feed-in tariffs has today been waved through by the lower house of Japan's parliament, and is expected to pass the upper house by Friday.
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GreenX ditches SO2 and NOx trading
02 August 2011Green Exchange (GreenX) is to delist sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) contracts due to a lack of demand for current allowances.
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Millions of green jobs created in China... probably
28 July 2011China's fast-growing green economy could provide millions of new jobs in the coming decade, according to a study from the Worldwatch Institute.
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Chinese electric cars 'worse than petrol' for greenhouse gas emissions
28 July 2011Running an electric vehicle in China would emit more greenhouse gases than its petrol-fuelled equivalent, according to an expert in emissions reduction projects.
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EPA emissions rule 'a game changer' for US gas, coal, power markets – analysts
20 July 2011New rules on sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from US power plants are set to drive a substantial shift from coal to natural gas, shutting down coal plants and having a "significant impact" on US power, gas and coal markets from next year, according to research from Bank of America-Merrill Lynch (BoAML).
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US tries again on pollution trading, but will viable markets emerge?
12 July 2011Revamped air quality regulations proposed by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will give power plant operators more flexibility to engage in interstate trading of sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions allowances, but confusion about the rule is casting doubt on whether viable markets will emerge.
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Court battles in offing as US moves to cut pollution
12 July 2011The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will face legal challenges over its new air quality standards, even though the agency sought to balance court compliance with its desire to allow a robust trading market to develop.