More on emissions markets

Here are some links to more info on the carbon emissions markets (I lifted news and commentary ones from the Gristmill post and comments).

News:

Emissions-Trading Profits in Europe Plunge as Data Questioned (Bloomberg report)

EU gives green light to pollution hike (Times of London)

Data Leaks Shake Up Carbon Trade (New York Times)


Commentary:

EU carbon-trading market hullabaloo from Gristmill, the Grist online magazine blog

Emissions impossible from the Guardian

Question marks over EU CO2 trading scheme from EurActiv, includes a number of links for additional background info.


Background: These articles came out within the past two years, but include good analysis

Marketing and making carbon dumps: Commodification, calculation and counterfactuals in climate change mitigation A very good analysis by Larry Lohmann of The Corner House, appeared in Science as culture, September, 2005.

Climate fraud and carbon colonialism: The new trade in greenhouse gases by Heidi Bachram, appeared in Capitalism nature socialism December, 2004.

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