The volume of carbon permits and credits traded in North America is set to double in 2012, with as many as 179 million tonnes expected to change hands as California and Quebec’s carbon markets come …

Barclays Capital has slashed its price outlook for European Union and UN-backed carbon for 2012 and beyond, as prospects of a recession could further weaken demand in the oversupplied carbon market. The bank forecast front-year EU allowances to …

United Nations climate envoys should set a carbon price rather than fix a global cap on greenhouse- gas emissions, cutting the complexity of international negotiations, David Silverstein, a neuroscientist with an interest in climate negotiations …

A Chinese government-affiliated researcher has denied reports that China is set to introduce a carbon tax before 2015.
“The introduction of carbon tax is not on the political agenda,” Fu Zhihua with the Financial Science Research Institute, …

Marcus Priests writes in the Australian Financial Review today that the federal government has sought legal advice on whether the repeal of its carbon price legislation would en­able companies to claim millions of dollars in …

Australia’s carbon tax scheme is put on the limelight again after China announced last week the adoption of a carbon tax scheme effective 2015. China aims to reduce its carbon emissions by as much as …

With Europe’s Emissions Trading System extended to the aviation industry as of last week, requiring all airline carriers landing in the 27-nation European Union to monitor their carbon emissions, flights to and from Europe are likely …

Human emissions of carbon dioxide will defer the next Ice Age, say scientists.
The last Ice Age ended about 11,500 years ago, and when the next one should begin has not been entirely clear. Now researchers …

A new report suggesting wind-turbines can emit more carbon dioxide than the most efficient gas turbines has put the pro-wind community on the defensive over the benefits of the supposed “clean” energy alternative. The findings, out of …

Marcus Prist of the Australian Financial Review writes that Australian companies are likely to face higher compliance costs and greater exposure to price fluctuations on global markets under a proposal favoured by the federal government …