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Western Climate Initiative, Inc. (WCI, Inc.) is seeking an Executive Director. WCI, Inc. is a cooperative effort among participating jurisdictions implementing cap-and-trade programs for greenhouse gas emissions. Interested applicants should submit a c...
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California is reissuing four (4) cap-and-trade Request for Proposal (RFP) documents to solicit contract services to implement the cap-and-trade program. The RFPs will be reissued under new numbers as provided below:
The reissued RFPs include:
RFP # 10...
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The California Air Resources Board (ARB), in collaboration with the WCI Partner jurisdictions working on the cap-and-trade program, has released three Requests for Proposal (RFPs) to solicit proposals to provide cap-and-trade services:
RFP # 10-108 - A...
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A standard process to review offset protocols and recommended them for adoption into WCI Partner jurisdictions’ rules and regulations will help ensure an adequate supply of high-quality offsets.
The Western Climate Initiative (WCI) Offsets Committee to...
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The July 2010 Design for the WCI Regional Program described several operating parameters for a regional compliance instrument tracking system. The Design also noted that the WCI Partner jurisdictions are evaluating the suitability of developing the tra...
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An efficient offset system, consistent across WCI Partner jurisdictions, will help ensure an adequate supply of high-quality offsets.
The Western Climate Initiative (WCI) Offsets Committee today releases draft recommendations for the requirements and pro...
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The presentation from the April 13 WCI stakeholder update meeting in Hollywood, CA, is available here.
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WCI Partner jurisdictions are providing this update to inform the public and interested stakeholders on the status of WCI and, in particular, on progress towards implementing the WCI regional emissions trading program.
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In July 2010, the Partner jurisdictions of the Western Climate Initiative released a comprehensive strategy designed to reduce climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions, stimulate development of clean-energy technologies, create green jobs, increase energy...
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The Manitoba Government is seeking stakeholder views on using cap and trade as a mechanism to reduce Manitoba's greenhouse gas emissions. Manitoba's goal is to ensure a clean environment and a sustainable, prosperous future for generations to come.&n...
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On July 16, 2009, the WCI published the Final Essential Requirements for Mandatory Reporting (the "ERs") to be implemented by the WCI Partner jurisdictions. On September 22, 2009, the U.S. EPA adopted its final Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reportin...
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On July 16, 2009, the WCI published the Final Essential Requirements for Mandatory Reporting (the “ERs”) to be implemented by the WCI Partner jurisdictions. On September 22, 2009, U.S. EPA adopted its final Mandatory Reporting Rule (the “EPA r...
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WCI has posted final default emissions factor calculators for 2006, 2007, and 2008. Both "lite" and full versions of the calculators are available; the lite versions contain only the calculator worksheet and its data table, while the full versio...
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Detailed program design lays the groundwork for a regional cap-and-trade program and other strategies to reduce greenhouse gases, lower energy costs
On July 27, 2010 the Partner jurisdictions of the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) released a comprehen...
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The Partner jurisdictions of the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) have released an updated economic analysis confirming that its regional plan to reduce greenhouse emissions (GHG) is both environmentally achievable and economically positive. The econ...
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The effect on the electricity sector of a cap and trade program and the First Jurisdictional Deliverer (FJD) approach to capture emissions associated with imports was previously reviewed for Western Partner Jurisdictions in the Electricity Leakage Analysi...
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On April 12, 2010, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting rules for oil and gas production and processing operations. Oil and gas production, natural gas processing, and gas transmission are ...
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This document and its appendices contain the WCI's proposal for harmonizing the ERs and the EPA rule in U.S. jurisdictions. It takes the form of a markup of the EPA rule showing the changes to the EPA program that are needed to support a cap-and-trade pro...
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The WCI approved and released its final white paper on complementary policies at the May 20 Partner meeting in Seattle, WA. Complementary policies can address market barriers that would otherwise limit the use of low-cost greenhouse gas emission-red...
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On Monday, May 17, the New Mexico Environment Department released a preliminary draft rule for a cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the state. The draft rule defines the conditions that would allow New Mexico to implement th...
