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Court puts new US emissions markets in deep-freeze
04 January 2012The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) emissions allowance market could be dead for 2012, following a somewhat surprising decision by a federal court to temporarily prevent the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing the rule, according to some experts.
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EPA puts cap on toxic power plant emissions
22 December 2011The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set limits on mercury and other dangerous emissions from power plants, much to the chagrin of industry officials and Republican legislators who wanted the agency to stand down.
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Rand Paul fails to bring down US emissions markets
14 November 2011An attempt to bar the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing its Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) quickly collapsed in the US Senate.
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FirstEnergy SOx, NOx auction to 'shake up' emissions markets
08 November 2011Utility FirstEnergy's upcoming auction of sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) allowances is set to shake up the new Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) markets, according to one analyst.
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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.