After the vote to prop up the carbon market failed, prices dropped 40% to €2.63 a tonne

European Union politicians rejected a plan to prop up the world’s biggest carbon market on Tuesday, sending it plunging to a new record low and raising questions about its survival. After months of bitter debate, a plenary session of European Parliament in Strasbourg, France rejected by 19 votes a commission proposal to temporarily remove some of the oversupply that has overwhelmed the market for permits to emit carbon dioxide.

Shenzhen, a Special Economic Zone designed to promote market policies in China, will start emissions trading on June 17, the first announced start date among the country's regional carbon exchanges

Emissions from power plants and factories covered by the European Union's carbon market fell by 1.4 percent last year, preliminary like-for-like data showed on Tuesday, helping keep the EU on track

Environmental groups have urged the United States to back a global deal to curb carbon emissions produced by planes, noting that global aviation emits more of the greenhouse gas than all but six of

An international climate report issued on Thursday said China will have to attract nearly 2 trillion yuan ($322 billion) in investment by 2015 in order to honor its commitment to fight climate chan

Environmental groups have urged the United States to back a global deal to curb carbon emissions produced by planes, noting that global aviation emits more of the greenhouse gas than all but six of

Australia should end its bickering over a carbon price and move to an emissions trading scheme (ETS), the head of a manufacturing lobby group says.

Sri Lanka could slash its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 19% of projected levels in 2020 at little or no long-term cost using an array of green power options, says a new study from the Asian Dev

Sri Lanka could slash its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 19 percent of projected levels in 2020 at little or no long-term cost using an array of green power options, a new study from the Asian D