California’s Cap-and-Trade Program Just Won a Major Legal Challenge

But now legislators have to figure out what’s next after 2020. California’s four-year-old cap-and-trade program, which sets a cap [...]

Canada: Ontario Provincial Cap and Trade Plan Goes into Effect

By: Marc Z. Goldgrub, Cleantech Law Partners             On January 1st, 2017, the Canadian province of Ontario’s cap and trade plan went [...]

A Progressive Carbon Tax Will Fight Climate Change and Stimulate the Economy

Superstorm Sandy. Massive droughts. Devastating tornadoes. Horrific wildfires. The United States has certainly seen the dramatic weather-related effects of [...]

How Obama and Congress Could Find Common Ground on Energy

Despite divided government, the partisan impasse may be about to end on energy policy. The key lies in a [...]

California approves cap-and-trade revenue bill

California lawmakers have passed a bill that clears the way for the state to collect more than $1 billion [...]

West Virginia: House GOP to fire back at W.Va. “cap-and-trade” bill

One of the major legislative priorities for state Republican delegates this year will be the repeal of former Gov. [...]

CA: ARB passes final regulations for cap-and-trade program

After months of CEQA litigation and political lobbying, including an appeal to the California Supreme Court (previous article can [...]

AB 32 cap and trade in California on hold until 2013

Facing continued litigation, California officials will delay enforcement of the state’s carbon-trading program until 2013, state Air Resources Board [...]

Big energy states meet to discuss the future of energy policy

A group of states responsible for almost a third of the domestic energy production have joined forces to assert [...]

California bounces back after judge orders AB 32 review

California’s carbon markets have responded positively to a San Francisco judge’s ruling that ordered further analysis from the California [...]