Brown asked to cool it on cap-and-trade - Our View - Appeal-Democrat

We have criticized AB32 as not only costly and unneeded, but a solution to a nonthreatening situation. The AB32 Implementation Group takes a middle ground between our position and the state's zealotry, merely asking for a delay to review the regulations' impact before subjecting businesses and consumers to "high and unnecessary costs." Brown should heed the advice.

Farmer floored by carbon tax costs - ABC Rural Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Campbell Town district farmer and Primary Employers president, Ferdie Foster, says his electricity provider itemises the carbon tax in its charges and it is costing him the equivalent of the wages for one worker on his farm.

"Energy is one of our four big costs," Ferdie Foster said.

"It would be around $200,000 to $250,000 a year. That's the total cost, yes.

"The carbon tax equates to approximately 50 per cent of the actual energy cost [for off peak electricity].

"To think we in Tasmania are copping this, and 95 to 98 per cent of our energy is generated through hydro."

UN Green Fund could buy credits from carbon market, CEPS says | Eco-Business.com

CERs for December plunged 23 percent to 1.10 euros ($1.44) on October 19. Prices have fallen 84 percent in the last year.

Brussels pitches ban on Kyoto-era credits | EurActiv

The European Commission has proposed an Emissions Trading System (ETS) ban on €440 million of Kyoto-era carbon credits from non-EU countries such as Russia, which have not signed up to a second Kyoto commitment period.
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Future ERUs are currently trading at less than €0.88 cents per tonne on the ICE futures exchange, way below the €7.94 per tonne price of EUAs within the ETS.