California Carbon Price Drop 2% as State Auctions First Permits
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California carbon futures fell 2 percent yesterday as the state auctioned its first greenhouse-gas allowances, brushing aside a lawsuit challenging its authority to start the largest U.S. cap-and-trade program.
The state Air Resources Board offered 23.1 million carbon allowances for the first phase of trading beginning Jan. 1 and