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newsrel -- Air Resources Board Chairman Mary D. Nichols congratulates Quebec on first carbon allowance auction
Posted: 06 Dec 2013 12:14:26
Please consider the following news release from the California Air Resources Board: http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=552 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 6, 2013 NEWS RELEASE 13-78 CONTACT: Dave Clegern (916) 322-2990 dclegern@arb.ca.gov Canadian cap-and-trade program to link with California’s in 2014 Sacramento— Air Resources Board Chairman released the following statement in response to today’s release of results from the first cap-and-trade allowance auction help by the Canadian Province of Quebec: "We are pleased that the first cap and trade auction of Quebec allowances was completed successfully,” Said Chairman Nichols. “It reflects the hard work Quebec invested in developing a rigorous cap-and-trade program, and the careful construction of an effective auction platform. California and Quebec can now move forward to fully link our programs in the New Year, and work together to show our respective nations, and the world, how states and provinces can work together to reduce greenhouse gases and fight climate change." California and Quebec are scheduled to link their cap-and-trade programs January 1, 2014. A joint auction is expected later in the year.