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Cap-and-trade is coming, Ontario
2015-11-28 19:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Sun: The provincial government has begun to outline its plans to introduce a cap-and-trade system in Ontario as it prepares to join the federal government at the climate change conference in Paris beginning Monday. Cap-and-trade will put a price on carbon and, over time, limit the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions in Ontario. So far the province has been long on rhetoric about the need to combat climate change but short on key details, such as how much a cap-and-trade regime will cost Ontario...
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What can China achieve with cap-and-trade?
2015-09-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Yorker: It was hard to avoid the irony. The leader of China--nominally, at least, a Communist country--came to Washington and announced that his government was adopting a market-based approach to curbing carbon emissions. Meanwhile, to reduce its carbon emissions, the unreservedly capitalist U.S. of A. is relying on regulations issued by a centralized bureaucracy. In an announcement timed to coincide with todays summit between Presidents Xi Jinping and Barack Obama, the Chinese government said that it...
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China to launch national cap-and-trade plan in 2017, US announces
2015-09-25 15:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The move, announced on the eve of a summit in Washington between Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping, would make China the worlds biggest carbon market, overtaking the European Union, and could strengthen global efforts to put a price on carbon. White House officials said the cap-and-trade plan would be formally announced on Friday along with a very substantial financial commitment from China to help the worlds poorest countries fight climate change. The US has already pledged $3bn to...
What Will It Take for China to Pull Off a National Cap-and-Trade Scheme?
2015-09-25 15:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: White House officials have lauded President Xi Jinpings anticipated promise of a national market for China in greenhouse gas quotas as a breakthrough in environmental cooperation and reform. But to work well, Mr. Xis plan, expected to be announced in Washington on Friday, will demand big changes from a government accustomed to heavy-handed intervention and skewed statistics. It will take years of effort to build a substantial market that plays a major role in curbing emissions, and even then it...
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ONEIA adds cap-and-trade info session to July 15 golf event
2015-07-06 21:17:48| Solid Waste & Recycling magazine Headlines
Thanks to the sponsorship of RWDI, ONEIA will present a morning information session from 10:30 - 11:45 AM at the Royal Ontario Golf Club prior to an afternoon of golf The post ONEIA adds cap-and-trade info session to July 15 golf event appeared first on Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine.