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May 13, 2022
EU lawmakers back market restrictions to curb speculation
Senior members of the European Parliament’s environment committee have reached initial agreement on a plan to restrict market speculators’ access to the European carbon market, as well as to tighten the carbon market by pushing for a 67% cut in emissions
May 11, 2022Visa teams up with banks to facilitate carbon credit transaction
The global payments technology company Visa, together with Carbonplace, a carbon credit settlement platform, has developed a carbon credit system and has conducted a successful pilot transfer.
May 10, 2022European carbon prices plummet 5% after challenging recent high
The global recession fears have spread to the European carbon market and led to a 5% decline in prices although there are no new dangers of an escalation in the Ukraine war or the impasse between the European Union and Russia over its fossil fuels.
May 09, 2022China’s farmers can now earn money with ‘carbon tickets’
China launched the country’s first carbon emission trading platform for agriculture sector on May 5 as part of the government’s efforts to hit carbon emission peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
May 09, 2022Singapore carbon exchange to launch carbon offset futures trading
To meet the growing demand from businesses to hedge their risks from greenhouse gas emissions, AirCarbon, a Singaporean carbon exchange, is collaborating with Germany’s main bourse, Deutsche Boerse AG, to create futures trading for carbon offsets as early
May 03, 20221.2 billion carbon credits surplus might flood market
A total surplus of 1.2 billion metric tons of carbon credits might flood the carbon market at short notice, according to an analyst from London-based Trove Research.
May 03, 2022EU emission allowances forecast to climb but uncertainty remains amid war
As high gas prices push electricity generators to use more coal-fired power, analysts have upped their European carbon market average price forecasts for 2024, but have cautioned that the Russia-Ukraine conflict might stifle industrial activity and decrea
April 26, 2022UK carbon market covered 107 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2021
Carbon dioxide emissions covered by the UK’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) in the first year of operation in 2021 were 107.8 million tonnes, according to the UK ETS Authority.
April 22, 2022Tesla earns US$679 million from sales of carbon credits in first quarter
Tesla reported on Wednesday its first-quarter earnings, beating analysts’ expectations by selling more than twice as many carbon credits as in preceding quarters. Throughout the years, Tesla's revenues have been fueled by credit sales.
April 21, 2022EU carbon prices jumps 9% as the bloc moves closer to market reform
The benchmark European carbon contract soared to nearly an eight-week high following news of potential European Union market reform, and technical purchasing drove the contract through resistance levels of the past few weeks.