CCS initiated - US hydrogen and nitrogen manufacturer CF Industries announced Monday the start-up of a CO2 dehydration and compression facility at its Donaldsonville Complex in Louisiana. The facility aims to enable the transportation and permanent geological sequestration of up to 2 MtCO2. ExxonMobil, the CCS partner for the project, will be transporting and permanently storing the CO2. On an interim basis, the oil major is storing CO2 from the Donaldsonville Complex in permanent geologic sites via enhanced oil recovery (EOR). However, upon receiving its applicable permits, ExxonMobil plans to transition to dedicated permanent storage, starting with its Rose CCS project.

The Para state government in Brazil has signed the contract for the country's first concession tender for restoration in public areas, and announced its first investor.

More tropical data – Embrapa, Brazil’s leading agricultural research institution, has announced a partnership with Regrow Ag to adapt the DNDC (DeNitrification-DeComposition) model from the US agricultural resilience platform provider to tropical soils and climate conditions in Brazil. The tool is intended to support the country in enhancing GHG emissions reduction and carbon sequestration efforts in the region, and aims at providing the technical foundations needed for high-integrity carbon programmes in the national agricultural sector. DNDC is a globally recognised biogeochemical model that simulates carbon and nitrogen dynamics in soils, according to Regrow.

A multinational commodity trader already active in Brazil's carbon market is studying and in discussions for investments in two further jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD+) systems in the country, a director told Carbon Pulse.

NIMBY Hoosiers - Indiana residents neighbouring a forthcoming West Terre Haute project are rallying against CO2 storage regulations, according to The Journal Gazette. The outlet reported two dozen Hoosiers protested the pilot project by Wabash Valley Resources intending to pipe and inject nearly 1.7 million tCO2 to produce low-carbon ammonia fertiliser at a former coal plan in Vigo County.

Cutting down – Chinese tech giant Alibaba is cutting down on offsetting use, cancelling just under 12,000 credits in the year to Mar. 2025 compared to 118,000 two years previously, according to its latest ESG report. Instead, the company is prioritizing insetting. Its net GHG emissions in the year ending this March amounted to 10.15 MtCO2e, up from 10.06 Mt the year before.

CDP trustees - The environmental disclosure non-profit CDP has appointed two new members to its Worldwide Board of Trustees, saying they will help to strengthen its efforts to scale up in Asia Pacific in particular – where disclosures are growing at record pace. Marc Berryman, named chair of finance on the audit and risk committee, has been focused on risk management and regulatory oversight, in over 20 years of experience in financial services. He currently works as investment operations director at UK wealth manager St. James's Place, and was previously CEO and COO of Credit Suisse Asset Management UK. Hideo Tomita, appointed Japan representative, is the vice chair for Japan at the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), and previously worked at Refinitiv Japan KK.

Oil offsetting – Argentinian oil producer Vista Energy published its 2024 Sustainability Report last week. In the previous year, it released 222 MtCO2e of Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions, with an intensity of 8.8 kgCO2e/boe. The report outlined the company’s target of reducing emission intensity to 7 kgCO2e/boe by 2026, and of offsetting all residual emissions – though without specifying quantities – through NbS carbon credits by the same year. Vista Energy’s subsidiary, Aike, is currently executing 13 Verra-certified NBS projects across 43,000 has in Argentina. These include initiatives in regenerative agriculture and livestock, mixed ARR, forest conservation, and IFM. Six projects are scheduled to undergo validation or CCB certification this year.

The world’s largest soil carbon project has been given a lifeline after a Kenyan Court of Appeal granted a stay of execution to an order that declared parts of the project illegal.

Voluntary carbon credit prices drifted sideways and retirements slid lower amid the summer holidays, while new Carbon Pulse analysis revealed the impact of up-and-coming registries in driving the sector towards retirement growth.

The UK government intends to help countries integrate nature-based solutions (NbS) into their updated climate commitments under the Paris Agreement, as part of an effort to ensure that national environmental policies tackle biodiversity and climate issues simultaneously, the government said in a paper published on Monday. 

Ocean farming using large algae could contribute significantly to global CO2 removal, with current technologies falling short of what is needed to stabilise the climate, according to a policy paper released Monday.

Voyage to Zero - Singapore-based Swire Shipping has launched a carbon insetting initiative whereby clients can cut their Scope 3 emissions by claiming the GHG savings from second-generation biofuels used in its fleet, even while their own actual cargo is shipped using conventional fuels. This so-called book-and-claim model was launched on the MV Apia Chief in Suva, Fiji, with the GHG savings calculated using independently verified data. (shipandbunker.com)

Green ammonia certification - Envision Energy's Chifeng Hydrogen Net Zero Industrial Park has been awarded the ISCC Plus certification - making it the world's first project to receive the designation for green ammonia with a verified GHG footprint. The park is currently the world's largest green hydrogen-ammonia project and the first to reach commercial operation. ISCC is a globally recognised certificate for sustainable feedstocks, which sets strict evaluation criteria across GHG accounting and material traceability. The certification enhances the competitiveness of Envision's green ammonia products on the market, the release stated.

ERW partners - Negative Emissions Platform has welcomed Carbony to its platform, it announced on LinkedIn. The enhanced rock weathering (ERW) developer applies finely ground olivine rock powder to non-agricultural managed lands, thereby speeding up the natural mineral weathering that absorbs atmospheric CO2 and locks it away as stable carbonates in soil and water. The approach is said to boost CO2 sequestration whilst improving soil health, reducing acidity, and supporting ecosystem resilience. NEP and Austria/Bulgaria-based Carbony will collaborate to advance high-quality, landscape-based carbon removals, the announcement said.        

Two UK-based groups have released a report on the costs associated with investment in peatland restoration, aiming to support investors by addressing the financial barrier of data scarcity.

EV partners - Article Six Group has announced a partnership with Africa-based electric mobility provider Roam, it stated on LinkedIn. The project will show how international climate finance can support electric vehicle deployment, particularly e-bikes, in Kenya.

The Frontier coalition has arranged the purchase of $1.75 million worth of carbon removal credits from three early-stage companies, it announced Monday.

New shop - Nairobi-based cookstoves manufacturer Burn has launched a new production facility in Malawi in partnership with Aim Carbon, the partners have announced. The new factory will produce up to 50,000 fuel-efficient biomass cookstoves per month, with 5% featuring digital monitoring to support carbon credit verification, in the initial phase. By 2030, Burn aims to distribute 2 mln clean cookstoves across Malawi, improving the lives of over 8 mln people, preventing 18 MtCO2e of emissions, and saving 9.6 mln tonnes of wood, it said in a statement. The programme is projected to generate more than $60 mln in carbon credit subsidies. The Malawi programme is part of Burn's wider initiative to deploy millions of clean cooking appliances across five African countries: Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has set up a regional hub to accelerate the decarbonisation of aviation across the Asia Pacific, focusing on green finance and the development of a carbon market in the region.

Gold Standard has opened a consultation on its new criteria for setting activity baselines that are aligned with the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM), as the organisation aims to align its voluntary carbon market instruments with the provisions of the Article 6.4 system.

The Malaysian government will introduce its National Climate Change Bill to parliament in the coming weeks, which will include provisions for carbon market mechanisms aimed at reducing industrial greenhouse gas emissions and incentivise emissions trading.

Governments and validation and verification bodies (VVBs) are seeking to address what developers say is a major dearth of local experience, a conference heard last week.

Carbon inventory - The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan has launched its first carbon asset inventory, with an aim to accelerate green energy adoption and unlock climate financing, the Peshawar Post reported. The inventory will track emissions reductions from renewable energy projects and convert them into carbon credits and renewable energy certificates. Developed in collaboration with the UK-funded SEED programme, the tool is designed to improve transparency, guide future energy planning, and align the province with global climate reporting standards.

Australia's Telstra says it is sticking to its plan to move away from using carbon credits to meet its emission reduction goals, despite cancelling several hundred Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) last month.