Topic: United States
LUXEMBOURG/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's highest court gave unreserved backing on Wednesday to an EU law to charge airlines for carbon emissions on flights to and from Europe, a decision likely to escalate tension with trading partners, especially the United States.The court ruled ...
LUXEMBOURG/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's highest court gave unreserved backing on Wednesday to an EU law that charges airlines for carbon emissions on flights to and from Europe, a decision likely to escalate tension with its trading partners, including the United States.All airlines ...
The European Union refused Thursday to drop plans to charge all airlines for carbon emissions when flying to and from Europe despite opposition from the UN's civil aviation body.The International Civil Aviation Organization adopted a working paper, backed by the United States, ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California appellate court has ruled that state regulators can proceed with plans to implement a carbon cap-and-trade system, a decision that puts them on track to launch the market as scheduled in January 2012.The ruling by the ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Reuters Point Carbon) - Lawyers following the twists and turns of a legal challenge to California's planned carbon market said it looks increasingly likely the state will win.Several California-based attorneys told Point Carbon News on Wednesday there are a ...
BARCELONA (Reuters) - The start-up of a carbon market in California, viewed as a potential template for future U.S. national emissions trading, could be delayed up to 12 months or more, experts at a carbon conference said on Thursday.The multi-billion dollar plan ...
Mining giant Rio Tinto weighed into the debate over Australia's proposed carbon emissions tax Saturday, urging Canberra not to rush into a decision while major polluters such as China and the United States held back.Prime Minister Julia Gillard wants to charge polluters ...
3 states in regional compact raid greenhouse gas funds; NH, NJ, NY plug budget holesTwo of the 10 Northeast states that agreed to dedicate millions of dollars to reduce carbon emissions and promote green energy have reneged on their promise. Instead, they've ...
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California on Thursday approved rules for a multibillion-dollar carbon market, in what proponents hope and detractors fear will be a turning point for the United States toward building a national program to address global warming.The Air Resources Board, the ...
Calif. set to adopt cap-and-trade regulations for state's major greenhouse gas pollutersCalifornia air quality regulators are poised to adopt the nation's most sweeping regulations to give power plants, refineries and other major polluters a financial incentive to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.The ...
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