A carbon credit allows the holder to emit a limited amount of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases. Several states and countries participate in these programs.

Ten years after a cap-and-trade scheme championed in part by John Kerry was unceremoniously killed by one of his colleagues across the aisle, the former senator turned climate envoy is once again ...

For months now, it’s been free for anyone 18 or younger to ride the light rail through Seattle, the ferry across Puget Sound, and buses all over Washington state. As students tapped their new ORCA ...

Environmentalists and one of the world’s biggest oil companies support Washington State’s cap on carbon. But voters are deciding whether to repeal the law amid concerns about energy costs. Gov. Jay ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Washington state rang in the New Year with the launch of its most ambitious ...

Brazil’s Senate is expected to vote this month on a bill introducing a cap-and-trade carbon market aimed at regulating industry emissions. Thousands of companies across most sectors would have their ...

The Center for American Progress submitted a comment letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission raising concerns about the agency’s proposed guidance—now finalized—on the listing of financial ...

The Northeast’s cap-and-trade program has installed its keystone. Now, the question is how long it will stay in place. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) announced last week that his administration had ...

Brazil will create a cap on carbon dioxide emissions for large polluting companies as part of a broader green transition initiative meant to help the country reach CO2 neutrality by 2050, according to ...

Washington state rang in the New Year with the launch of its most ambitious plan to slash carbon pollution. The new “cap-and-invest” program is designed to follow in the footsteps of California, where ...