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The article discusses the procedure for accounting for emission rights in Great Britain after the government established a maximum limit on companies' emissions and an emissions trading scheme in anticipation of the implementation of the Kyoto agreement by the European Union. The recommended...
- Transaction Costs in Pollution Markets: An Empirical Study. Gangadharan, Lata // Land Economics;Nov2000, Vol. 76 Issue 4, p601
This paper studies a market in pollution permits launched in Los Angeles in 1994. This tradable permit market has been projected to lead to substantial cost savings due to the flexibility it provides firms in terms of compliance with environmental regulation. This paper shows that transaction...
- Future direction of ETS is too vague for firms. // Utility Week;12/9/2005, Vol. 24 Issue 17, p12
The article reports on the concerns raised by companies covered by the Emissions Trading Scheme of the European Union on the duration of caps under the carbon allowance trading regime of the bloc in December 2005. The companies favor trading phases that last a decade or more based on polls...
- Commission set to reject over-generous ETS caps. // Utility Week;10/27/2006, Vol. 26 Issue 7, p5
The article reports that the European Commission has signaled that many national plans, submitted for the second phase of the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), will be returned to member states because the allowances they propose are too generous. European environment commissioner...
- EU emissions trading: Spain again sets wishful carbon targets. // MarketWatch: Global Round-up;Sep2006, Vol. 5 Issue 9, p133
The article reports that Spain has submitted its new carbon caps under its national allocation plan for the second phase of the European Union's emissions trading scheme. Spain will cut the carbon cap for the energy sector by at least 36 percent. It is believed that Spain has set an ambitious...
- Aviation emissions cap set for autumn release. Airue, Catherine // ICIS Chemical Business;8/17/2009, Vol. 276 Issue 5, p41
The article reports that the European Commission's spokeswoman for the environment has confirmed that the European Union (EU) emissions trading scheme (ETS) cap on the aviation industry will be announced this autumn. The Commission is calculating an aviation baseline for carbon doxide (CO2)...
- Untitled. // Aviation Week & Space Technology;9/1/2008, Vol. 169 Issue 8, p13
The article reports that the European Union emission allowance (EUA) prices under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme staged a recovery in August 2008, driven by technical factors and higher gas prices. The increase in August followed a sharp selloff during July, prompted by a significant drop in...
- Commission to include global projects in scheme. Harries-Rees, Karen // European Chemical News;8/4/2003, Vol. 79 Issue 2064, p28
Reports on a proposal by the European Commission to extend its adopted emissions trading scheme in 2003 to allow companies, from 2008, to carry out emissions-curbing projects. Significance of the proposal; Exclusion of nuclear projects; Position of the European Climate Change Program on the...
- Permit level 'set too high'. // Travel Weekly: The Choice of Travel Professionals (00494577);5/19/2006, Issue 1821, p4
The article presents a survey monitoring the performance of the European Union emissions trading system. The reports has shown that companies had been granted permits to produce carbon dioxide in excess of their current emissions. The scheme is supposed to cut carbon dioxide production, the...
