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- Wed 23:43
Methane: too hot – California regulator ARB is set to vote on Friday on new rules for large landfills aimed at curbing methane leaks and underground fires. The proposal would force operators to use new technology, like satellites, to find leaks and take corrective action within days, LA Times reported. This is intended to reduce California's second-largest source of methane, a GHG 80 times more potent than CO2. Opponents warn that compliance could cost the industry $12 million annually, which may be passed to ratepayers. The move follows recent disasters, including a massive, toxic fire at Chiquita Canyon Landfill.
- Wed 23:40
Zombie coal won't die – The Trump administration has unlawfully extended the life of Michigan’s J.H. Campbell coal plant for a third time, pushing its retirement to Feb. 17, 2026, according to the Environmental Defense Fund. The 90-day extension forces the aging facility to run despite $80 mln in operational losses-costs, which the NGO said will burden Midwest ratepayers. The group and several state attorneys general are challenging the order, citing grid data showing sufficient regional capacity exists without the plant.
- Wed 23:32
Farming carbon – Honda has partnered with Carbon by Indigo to purchase soil carbon removal credits representing 1,800 tonnes of CO2, the carmaker announced Wednesday. The deal supports around 150 US farmers across Alabama, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, and South Carolina in adopting regenerative agriculture practices on 214,000 acres. The credits are verified by Aster Global Environmental Solutions and issued by the Climate Action Reserve. The project conserves approximately 69,000 gallons of water for every tonne of carbon removed, Honda said.
- Wed 23:24The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has opened a call for nominations for experts to lead and contribute to its upcoming 2027 methodology report on carbon removal, capture, utilisation, and storage technologies, which have been deemed by the UN scientists as essential for keeping the world aligned with the Paris Agreement.
- Wed 22:46A Washington Allowance Price Containment Reserve (APCR) sale earlier this month sold all 3.6 million allowances available amid bidding for more than six times the volume on offer, the highest rate since the first such sale in Aug. 2023, a notice published Wednesday showed.
- Wed 22:14Mexico's updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) leaves key implementation questions unanswered, with operational details deferred to future programmes.
- Wed 21:51Turkiye has won the race to host COP31 in the resort city of Antalya in 2026, beating out Australia, with both countries agreeing to share the presidency in an unprecedented arrangement for UN climate negotiations.
- Wed 21:25Unleash the cruise ships – The Department of Justice would see the cruise industry trump Hawaii's incoming tourism tax on ship passengers, hotel rooms, and short-term rentals, E&E News reported. The outlet wrote the DOJ has filed a motion to intervene in the federal court case to stop the tax, led by Cruise Lines International Association, the world's largest cruise association. The move comes as the Trump administration takes action against a number of states' laws targeting the costs of climate change and climate disclosure.
- Wed 21:17Brazil's national development bank at COP30 on Wednesday opened a call for proposals to structure a certification model for blue carbon projects, while also announcing R$1o million ($1.9 mln) for restoration in the Atlantic Forest.
- Wed 21:09California reports that natural gas utilities within the state have reduced methane emissions by 41% below a 2015 baseline, thereby exceeding the goals of the state’s gas leak abatement programme by several years.
- Wed 21:09Wind worries – A federal judge in Boston on Tuesday questioned the legality of the Trump administration’s nationwide pause on wind project permitting, noting that no permits have been issued in more than 10 months and calling the halt effectively “indefinite”, Reuters reported. Seventeen Democratic-led states and Washington, DC argued the freeze lacked any reasoned justification under the Administrative Procedure Act and has derailed major clean-energy investments. The DOJ said the pause is temporary and that developers can challenge delays individually. The case follows disrupted progress on projects such as Equinor’s Empire Wind and Orsted’s Revolution Wind, the latter recently cleared to resume construction by a separate court ruling.
- Wed 20:16China is using the void left behind by the US to become essential to the world meeting its climate goals – by offering its bounty of clean energy technology, as opposed to more traditional diplomatic leadership at venues like COP30, experts say.
- Wed 19:39Pipeline pushback - Environmental groups, including US-headquartered Sierra Club, have sued New York and New Jersey over the states’ decisions to approve water quality certifications for the Northeast Supply Enhancement Project, a gas pipeline expansion previously rejected by regulators in both states, E&E News reported. The lawsuit argues that the approvals disregard environmental protections and revive a project that had appeared defunct until backing from the Trump administration, which has promoted new fossil fuel infrastructure despite opposition from advocates who say the pipeline threatens water quality and undermines clean-energy goals.
- Wed 19:22Bolivia’s new centre-right administration is drafting a regulatory framework to support participation in voluntary and compliance carbon markets to channel climate finance into local communities, two officials said on Wednesday.
- Brazil launched a public consultation Monday on a long-awaited draft decree that establishes the regulatory procedures for CCS under its Future Fuel Law, filling a regulatory gap that has limited project development.
- Wed 18:12Offshore opposition - US environmental advocacy groups sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its decision to hold offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico, the first of which is scheduled to be held on Dec. 10. The lawsuit claims that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) finalised the lease sale without complying with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). BOEM has previously claimed that NEPA is not applicable to offshore federal lease sales because the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) doesn’t give BOEM the authority to add new environmental requirements or stipulations. The environmental groups now argue that OBBBA does not exempt offshore lease sales from NEPA, and are asking the court to prevent any leases until the agency complies with the law.
- Wed 18:11Revive the standards - The US Senate is poised to vote on legislation that would prevent the EPA from delaying the implementation of methane standards originally created under the Biden administration. Senate Democrats are forcing a vote on SJ Res 76, according to E&E News, which would nix the Trump administration rule that allows the postponement of the standards. The methane standards, finalised by the EPA in 2023, are designed to reduce methane emissions in oil and gas operations.
- Wed 17:14Credits issued under all three scenarios of Verra’s jurisdictional REDD (J-REDD) methodology will be eligible for the Core Carbon Principles (CCP) badge, the Integrity Council of the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) said on Wednesday.
- Wed 17:00Countries across Latin America, Africa and Asia launched a joint initiative on Wednesday at COP30 to scale solutions that cut methane and nitrous oxide emissions from agriculture, while improving farm resilience and productivity.
- Wed 16:00A Colorado-based measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification (MMRV) company is teaming up with a global testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) company to expand lab access for soil carbon project developers worldwide.
- Wed 15:32The environmental and energy regulations targeted for repeal by the Trump Administration since January carry $153.3 billion in annual net benefits that are now at risk, according to a new data tracker.
- The greater stability and private-sector integration in Article 6.2 make it more suited to durable carbon removals (CDR) than the Article 6.4 Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM), according to the chief commercial officer at a removals standard.
- Wed 14:30AI is reshaping climate solutions by boosting forest-carbon modelling, troubleshooting complex systems, and applying climate-risk assessments across infrastructure sectors, according to experts speaking at a webinar on Tuesday.
- Wed 14:00Carbon removal industry stakeholders on Wednesday launched what they describe as the first openly available baseline contract intended to simplify and standardise durable CDR transactions.
- Wed 13:30Eight countries announced support on Wednesday for a Brazil-led initiative aimed at scaling billions of dollars in investment to restore farmland globally.
- Wed 13:00A Canadian CDR developer says it's validated the performance of liquid amine technology to capture biogenic CO2 from recovery boiler stack emissions at pulp mills, critical to scaling carbon capture in the pulp and paper industry.
- Wed 13:00A US-based carbon removal (CDR) company is piloting an electrochemical process with Saudi Arabia’s water regulator to cut desalination emissions and enable permanent carbon removal across the Kingdom’s treatment network, it announced Wednesday.
- The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is on course to cease operations at the end of 2026, as parties in Belem appear to have finally agreed on a date to move on from the Kyoto Protocol-era crediting system.
- Wed 11:08A 10-year plan by the government of Gabon has raised $180 million in commitments for conservation investments to protect an additional 3.4 mln hectares of land.
- Day 9 at COP30 in Belem. It really is crunch time now. Brazil wants to force through a Belem Package of measures - made up of the hardest problems to solve like climate finance and fossil fuel phaseout - on Wednesday. Article 6 formalities could also well be wrapped up. Seasoned observers note with admiration how excellent the presidency has been so far, but there are still four days for fireworks.
- Wed 05:00Gold Standard on Wednesday opened public consultations on two new methodologies for early retirement of coal plants and other fossil fuel assets, as support for a roadmap for shifting away from non-renewable power sources picks up steam at COP30 in Belem.
- Wed 02:01G20 countries have the opportunity to collectively reduce 11 billion tonnes of C02e below expected levels by 2030 if they implement energy and methane mitigation goals agreed upon during the COP28 climate summit in 2023, according to analysis published Wednesday.
- Wed 01:04There has been pushback in the negotiating rooms at COP30 on the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) landmark advisory opinion on climate change, despite countries referencing it in public statements, Vanuatu climate minister Ralph Regenvanu said on Tuesday.
- Wed 01:02Funding in focus – The US House Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition’s Innovation & Technology Task Force outlined priorities to speed US clean-tech development on Monday, calling for steady federal funding, more flexible financing, and stronger public-private partnerships to move technologies from research to commercial use. The document also urged modernising national lab authorities, easing access for smaller groups, and supporting supply chains and workforce training to scale technologies such as advanced nuclear, geothermal, hydrogen, and batteries.
- Wed 00:54The start of a roadmap for the transition away from fossil fuels looks poised to be a defining outcome of Brazil’s COP30 climate summit – whether it’s agreed or not – as more than 80 countries threw their weight behind the proposal on Tuesday.
- Wed 00:18The carbon transportation sector is posing novel legal questions to established pipeline regulations originally written to regulate oil and gas transportation, according to a legal scholar focusing on CO2 storage and transportation.
- Wed 00:03The Q4 WCI auction for the joint California-Quebec market on Wednesday is expected to clear in line with recent secondary market prices, traders told Carbon Pulse.
