http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/ en-gb Sun, 19 May 2013 20:28:47 Copyright(c) Carbon News 2013 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/images/carbonnews.gif http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/ The Government has almost halved the amount of money it sets aside to pay for free carbon credits it gives to industry. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6787 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6787 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 South Korea is preparing to introduce the world's most ambitious emissions trading scheme, potentially paving the way for carbon costs as high as $90 a tonne for many of the country's key industries. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6784 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6784 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 A 2015 tax cut in Australia associated with the carbon trading scheme will not go ahead because of the drop in the carbon price in Europe. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6771 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6771 Fri, 10 May 2013 09:00:00 Deep uncertainty remains over the future of the Emissions Trading Scheme, according to a revealing survey of ETS participants. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6756 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6756 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:00:00 Lizzie Chambers ... NZ is unattractive. Government figures have confirmed what the carbon market has known for months - forests are being cleared and converted to dairy farms on the back of rock-bottom carbon prices. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6746 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6746 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:00:00 The European Union's flagship scheme for cutting carbon emissions suffered one of the most serious setbacks in its chequered history this week when members (MEPs) voted against a proposal to shore up the price of carbon in the Emissions Trading... http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6736 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6736 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:00:00 Our greenhouse-gas emissions have hit a new high. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6747 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6747 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:00:00 Nearly a third of post-1989-forest owners have filed carbon returns for last year. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6731 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6731 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:00:00 What carbon credits will you be trading in 2020? http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6709 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6709 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:00:00 Speculators are taking a punt on carbon. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6704 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6704 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:00:00 China has laid out an ambitious road map to reduce emissions by 40-45 per cent by 2020, including the world's largest national carbon trading scheme. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6697 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6697 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:00:00 Xie Zhenhua ... misunderstandings. Carbon has started edging up, prompting traders to recommend buying NZUs. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6689 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6689 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:00:00 The first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol ended on December 31. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6683 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6683 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:00:00 After a lack of support throughout the week, the December 2013 EUA - touching lows of €3.45 overnight - spiked up to €4.23 before settling at €3.70, OMFinancial reports. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6672 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6672 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:00:00 NZU trading remains sporadic, as switching flow dictates price action, says Westpac. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6678 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6678 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:00:00 The Glenbrook steel mill and the Bluff aluminium smelter were the big winners in last year's hand-out of free carbon credits to industrial emitters. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6646 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6646 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:00:00 Depressed, depressed, and depressed sounds like a state of mind, and for some it could well be, but indications are that the erosion of the Emission Trading Scheme as a cost effective mechanism for reducing and abating greenhouse gas emissions is... http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6644 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6644 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:00:00 A planned European Parliament vote on fast-tracking negotiations with EU states over carbon market reform was inexplicably cancelled as rumours and counter-rumours swirled around Brussels http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6642 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6642 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:00:00 All of the nearly 13 million 2013 carbon credits sold at auction in California this week at above-reserve prices. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6639 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6639 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:00:00 Emissions returned for 2012 have been filed for nearly a fifth of post 1989-forests registered under the Emissions Trading Scheme. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6634 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6634 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:00:00 Green Party MP Kennedy Graham told Parliament this week that the United Nations Security Council is starting to consider climate change a serious risk. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6633 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6633 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:00:00 Kennedy Graham ... huge issue. Lawmakers on the European Parliament's environment committee voted by 38-25 in favour of an amendment in support of the EU's 'backloading' plans for the Emissions Trading System, throwing a lifeline to the crisis-hit carbon market. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6637 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6637 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:00:00 New Zealand's carbon market has almost collapsed. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6623 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6623 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:00:00 As the prices of UN carbon offsets fall to new lows, the New Zealand ETS is increasingly struggling for relevance, writes Carbon Match founder Lizzie Chambers. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6614 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6614 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:00:00 Lizzie Chambers ... forestry the wild card. The Australian Labor Party is using US President Barack Obama's tough new line on climate change to launch an offensive against Opposition Leader Tony Abbot. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6618 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6618 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:00:00 Tony Abbot ... Claims Australia isolated. The Environmental Protection Authority is updating the emissions trading platform. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6619 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6619 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:00:00 By PATTRICK SMELLIE. South Island mining company OceanaGold Corp is refusing to pay for diesel it bought from Z Energy, which charged for the fuel based on a higher cost of the Emissions Trading Scheme than the New Zealand-owned company actually... http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6607 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6607 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:00:00 The Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Consortium has secured funding from the agriculture sector and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to continue research to find tools for mitigating greenhouse gases. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6600 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6600 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:00:00 A mere 12-to-24 months ago, many in the carbon business in New Zealand believed the chances of synergising the New Zealand carbon markets with other markets, such as the emerging Australian carbon market, were good, Carbon Market Solutions says. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6601 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6601 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:00:00 Prime Minister John Key was challenged in Parliament this week over why he didn't mention climate change in his outline of Government priorities for the year. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6585 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6585 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:00:00 Russel Norman ... frustrated. People who want to have an effect on climate change would be better to give up red meat and changing lightbulbs than to stop taking flights, says a new study. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6575 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6575 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:00:00 European carbon markets trundled along sideways during their first session of the week, as no major change was recorded in spot CERs and ERUs, OMFinancial reports. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6583 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6583 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:00:00 International prices fell sharply last night as news headlines continue to dictate the mood of the European carbon markets, Westpac reports. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6590 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6590 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:00:00 A company ideologically opposed to the Emissions Trading Scheme is thought to have paid $1.4 million more than it needed to to meet its carbon obligations last year. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6573 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6573 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:00:00 International traders are dismayed at a spectacular price crash today that left the world's biggest carbon market in disarray. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6571 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6571 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:00:00 Record-low carbon prices could see hundreds of thousands of hectares of pre-1990 plantation forest cleared or converted to post-1989 forest. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6569 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6569 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:00:00 Units from the second tranche of the pre-1990 forests allocation are starting to trickle into the market. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6570 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6570 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:00:00 Airlines profited up to 1.36 billion euros last year by passing "imaginary" costs from the European Union Emissions Trading System on to consumers, says a new study. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6562 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6562 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:00:00 Heavy industries claim to be unfairly hit by rising energy prices caused by the EU's climate policies. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6563 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6563 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:00:00 The European Commission has begun negotiations on linking the EU emissions trading system  with Australia's domestic trading system. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6568 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6568 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:00:00 The major talking points this week are the massive market plunge in an already-volatile market which has been stirred up by rumour and political uncertainty, says John Davis of CF Partners in London. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6572 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6572 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:00:00 It hasn't been a good month for European carbon prices, with EUAs plunging from around EUR6.75 at the beginning of January to a record low of EUR2.81 for the Dec13 EUA contract overnight. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6574 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6574 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:00:00 Forest owners who have made a tidy profit by selling carbon high and buying low are now looking to quit the Emissions Trading Scheme. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6555 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6555 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:00:00 David Rhodes ... no surprise if some quit. Domestic carbon credits are no longer the unit of choice in the New Zealand carbon market. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6550 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6550 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:00:00 The sluggishness of the carbon market appears to be reflected in this year's post-1989 forest carbon returns. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6549 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6549 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:00:00 The Government is banning indutrial gas CERs rom New Zealand's Emissions Trading Scheme because of concerns over their environmental integrity. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6551 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6551 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:00:00 More than 70 per cent of European Union states could face court action over defiance of building efficiency  measures which are slated to account for up to a quarter of the EU's planned energy savings by 2020. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6544 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6544 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:00:00 The past 12 months have seen little domestic activity in terms of NZU purchasing to meet obligations under the ETS. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6548 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6548 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:00:00 The Government has set out is plans for developing a green economy in New Zealand. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6537 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6537 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:00:00 New Zealand will not be allowed access to international carbon credits generated under the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6534 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6534 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:00:00 Tim Groser ... ill-informed comments.