Carbon Market News: This Week
Lower speed limits: EU Carbon tax discussions re-launch: air permit rules: Sperm Whale offsets
CO2: ETS back on agenda
Drivers face lower speed limits in bid to cut emissions
Drivers should face lower speed limits on motorways and be obliged to learn eco-driving techniques so that transport does not undermine the EU’s ability to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, according to a report funded by the European Commission. Source: European Voice
Commission to relaunch talks on EU carbon tax
The European Commission will start discussions next Wednesday (23 June) on imposing a minimum tax on carbon across the entire European Union. Source: European Voice
State offers adjustments to air permit rules
Texas regulators proposed rule changes to the state’s embattled flexible-permit air program Wednesday, two weeks before the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to formally reject the rule that regulates air emissions standards. Source: The Houston Chronicle
Sperm whale faeces ‘offset CO2 emissions’
Sperm whale faeces may help oceans absorb carbon dioxide from the air, scientists say. Australian researchers calculate that Southern Ocean sperm whales release about 50 tonnes of iron every year. Source: BBC News
Calls to get ETS back on agenda
Malcolm Turnbull has challenged the major parties’ rationale for delaying action on climate change by arguing other countries are promising "very substantial" cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
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