Pricing Carbon
Can Europe Reform its Carbon Market?

The system needs a fix, but national politics could get in the way.

Pricing Carbon
How Trump Inspired America’s Carbon Markets

Interest in cap and trade has waxed—not waned—after Trump’s decision to pull out of Paris.

Pricing Carbon
Europe’s Carbon Market is Still Hopelessly Ineffective

EU carbon prices were already too low to work, and now they’re sliding even further.

Pricing Carbon
California Keeps its Dying Carbon Market on Life Support

The state’s carbon market is floundering, but that didn’t stop the legislature from moving to extend it.

Pricing Carbon
Cap and Trade Calamity in California

A recent auction of carbon allowances generated just 2 percent of expected revenue.

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