Last week, a court in San Francisco ruled against California’s cap and trade programme. Here’s how California Watch reported the decision: “Activists are celebrating a victory in their lawsuit against the state’s Air Resources Board, halting the start of the landmark climate change law, at least momentarily.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger and REDD: Terminating deforestation?
While the Paris-Oslo process has been getting plenty attention since Copenhagen, another process is quietly taking place in parallel to the UN negotiations on REDD. The Governors’ Climate and Forests Taskforce is a collaboration between the Governors of 14 states and provinces from the United States, Brazil, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Mexico.
US on the slippery slope to REDD offsets?
Reuters has reported that the state of California has signed an agreement with the Indonesian Province of Aceh to purchase carbon credits from the Ulu Masen forest ‘offset’ scheme.