Allowances on offer hold steady for Q3 WCI auction
The Q3 California-Quebec joint WCI auction will offer just 1% fewer allowances than the previous quarter, according to a Friday notice.
Read MoreV25 credits settle below $10 in first round of 2026 auction for Colorado manufacturing GHG trading programme
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.
Read MoreWCI Markets: CCAs breach $32, WCAs drop to record lows
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).
Read MoreWashington cap-and-invest accounts, holdings steady in Q2
The number of participants and holdings in Washington’s cap-and-invest programme increased in Q2, according to a report published Wednesday.
Read MoreNodal posts first trade of California offsets with DEBs
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.
Read MoreWashington state adopts updated forest offset rule for cap-and-invest programme
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.
Read MoreRGGI Market: RGAs hover above $40, market awaits new entrants and affordability measures
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.
Read MoreNodal launches new CORSIA, future and options contracts
Nodal Exchange launched several new environmental futures and options contracts, including for CORSIA.
Read MoreCFTC: Producers short CCA, RGA following Q2 auction results
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.
Read MoreInvestors price carbon attention, not carbon itself, crypto study observes
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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