Real market forces now drive action on climate change | Graciela Chichilnisky - guardian.co.uk

Fifteen years after the Kyoto protocol was signed and just months after being extended, a true global carbon trading marketplace may finally be within the world's grasp.

It is as though a line of dominos has suddenly appeared, awaiting the slightest push to set off a chain reaction. When the dominos begin to fall, the world will suddenly have a powerful and effective tool to reduce carbon emissions, one of the most environmentally destructive aspects of modern human activity.
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A global carbon market will create a new global system of economic values. Cleaner nations will become richer and their economies grow faster than dirty nations.

Carbon tax on hold : TTR Weekly

BRUSSELS, 22 March 2013: The EU will put its controversial carbon tax on intercontinental airline flights on hold for a year to give time for international talks to reach a compromise on the issue, a European source said Thursday.

U.S. Wind Industry Hangs on IRS Defining ‘Construction’ - Bloomberg

Uncertainty last year over whether it would be renewed is a key reason the U.S. is expected to install 4,800 megawatts of turbines this year, down from an estimated 11,800 megawatts in 2012, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said in a November report.