Comments on: First Auction Today for RGGI Cap-and-Trade http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/09/25/rggi_cap-and-trade/ Blogging the science and policy of global warming Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:13:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: mikes http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/09/25/rggi_cap-and-trade/comment-page-1/#comment-1856 mikes Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:38:45 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/09/25/rggi_cap-and-trade/#comment-1856 Here is another article regarding our 'green' future: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/sep/30/food.ethicalliving Here is another article regarding our 'green' future:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/sep/30/food.ethicalliving

]]> By: mikes http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/09/25/rggi_cap-and-trade/comment-page-1/#comment-1847 mikes Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:54:49 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/09/25/rggi_cap-and-trade/#comment-1847 Here is a look at our green future playing out the the South: http://blogs.nashvillescene.com/pitw/2008/09/inside_the_metro_bunker.php Here is a look at our green future playing out the the South:
http://blogs.nashvillescene.com/pitw/2008/09/inside_the_metro_bunker.php

]]> By: Sheryl Canter http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/09/25/rggi_cap-and-trade/comment-page-1/#comment-1842 Sheryl Canter Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:52:22 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/09/25/rggi_cap-and-trade/#comment-1842 As I understand it, RGGI is for power companies. You can visit rggi.org to confirm. If you want to buy offsets, check out our list of good ones: http://carbonoffsetlist.org As I understand it, RGGI is for power companies. You can visit rggi.org to confirm. If you want to buy offsets, check out our list of good ones:

http://carbonoffsetlist.org

]]> By: quentinp http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/09/25/rggi_cap-and-trade/comment-page-1/#comment-1840 quentinp Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:53:11 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/09/25/rggi_cap-and-trade/#comment-1840 This IS great news. The European market seems to have worked extremely well, and discovered a lot of important factors in running such a market. most of all it seems to show just how effective a market is. I have a concern that the caps in RGGI are initially too high (they are an INCREASE on recent emissions) - and therefore the price of a ton of carbon may fall quickly to zero. Assuming that it does have some value is it possible for a retail purchaser to buy (or even sell) in the market? I do offsets through My Climate at the moment, but it would be nice to by buying pollution credits and knowing that this was a ton that was no longer available to the market. The Chicago Climate Exchange is for very large contracts and it seems that much of the CDM emissions that it trades in are poorly accounted for - ie not additional. This IS great news. The European market seems to have worked extremely well, and discovered a lot of important factors in running such a market. most of all it seems to show just how effective a market is. I have a concern that the caps in RGGI are initially too high (they are an INCREASE on recent emissions) – and therefore the price of a ton of carbon may fall quickly to zero.

Assuming that it does have some value is it possible for a retail purchaser to buy (or even sell) in the market? I do offsets through My Climate at the moment, but it would be nice to by buying pollution credits and knowing that this was a ton that was no longer available to the market. The Chicago Climate Exchange is for very large contracts and it seems that much of the CDM emissions that it trades in are poorly accounted for – ie not additional.

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