Allowances on offer hold steady for Q3 WCI auction

Published 20:21 on June 19, 2026 / Last updated at 20:21 on June 19, 2026 / / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, US & Canada)

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The Q3 California-Quebec joint WCI auction will offer just 1% fewer allowances than the previous quarter, according to a Friday notice. 

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V25 credits settle below $10 in first round of 2026 auction for Colorado manufacturing GHG trading programme

Published 18:39 on June 19, 2026 / Last updated at 18:39 on June 19, 2026 / / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, US & Canada), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation)

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V25 credits settled at below $10 in the first round of the 2026 auction under Colorado’s carbon trading programme for manufacturing facilities, less than half of the previous year’s initial result, according to a state notice.

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WCI Markets: CCAs breach $32, WCAs drop to record lows

Published 01:59 on June 19, 2026 / Last updated at 01:59 on June 19, 2026 / / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, US & Canada)

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California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices climbed steadily through the week to break past $32, while Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) prices dropped over 8% week-on-week (WoW).

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Washington cap-and-invest accounts, holdings steady in Q2

Published 00:30 on June 18, 2026 / Last updated at 00:30 on June 18, 2026 / / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, US & Canada)

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The number of participants and holdings in Washington’s cap-and-invest programme increased in Q2, according to a report published Wednesday.

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Nodal posts first trade of California offsets with DEBs

Published 22:28 on June 17, 2026 / Last updated at 22:28 on June 17, 2026 / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, US & Canada)

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Nodal Exchange posted the first trade in California Carbon Offsets 8 (CCO-8) with direct environmental benefits (DEBs) to the state on Tuesday, after launching the futures contract the previous day.

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Washington state adopts updated forest offset rule for cap-and-invest programme

Published 23:03 on June 16, 2026 / Last updated at 23:03 on June 16, 2026 / / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, US & Canada), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry)

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Washington state regulators adopted revisions to the US forest offset protocol under its cap-and-invest programme on Tuesday, finalising changes intended to make the crediting framework more applicable to the state’s forests while responding to comments on permanence and Tribal land constraints.

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RGGI Market: RGAs hover above $40, market awaits new entrants and affordability measures

Published 01:53 on June 16, 2026 / Last updated at 01:53 on June 16, 2026 / and / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, US & Canada)

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RGGI Allowance (RGA) futures largely settled above the $40 mark during the last week according to data on ICE, as traders expect relative price stagnancy in the absence of expected market interventions from Virginia’s re-entry and affordability measures signalled by the administrator.

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Nodal launches new CORSIA, future and options contracts

Published 20:20 on June 15, 2026 / Last updated at 20:20 on June 15, 2026 / / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, US & Canada), CO2 Management (CCUS, Engineered Removals), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Transport & Heating Fuels), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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Nodal Exchange launched several new environmental futures and options contracts, including for CORSIA.

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CFTC: Producers short CCA, RGA following Q2 auction results

Published 23:25 on June 12, 2026 / Last updated at 23:25 on June 12, 2026 / , and / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, US & Canada)

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Producers cut their California Carbon Allowance (CCA) net length and extended their RGGI Allowance (RGA) net short during the most recent period reported by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) following quarterly auction results.

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Investors price carbon attention, not carbon itself, crypto study observes

Published 16:35 on June 12, 2026 / Last updated at 16:35 on June 12, 2026 / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe, Middle East), Net Zero Transition (Investment, Reporting & Disclosure)

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Investors react sharply when an asset’s carbon footprint becomes a prominent public issue, but do not systematically price changes in underlying emissions, according to new research using cryptocurrency markets as a natural experiment.

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