Report: ICE to close Chicago Climate Futures Exchange

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Closure underlines dwindling confidence in US carbon market

The embryonic US carbon market has received another blow after global exchange operator Intercontinental Exchange Inc (ICE) reportedly confirmed that it is to close the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange...

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