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- Wed 23:47Senegal expects to have its carbon market regulatory framework and national registry ready in the coming months, as the country moves to position itself as a frontrunner in Africa’s rapidly-expanding Article 6 landscape.
- 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 23:37
Exhaust-eating racer – Mazda began demonstration experiments of its onboard CO2 capture system, Mazda Mobile Carbon Capture, at the Super Taikyu Series Round 7 race on Nov. 15, the carmaker said on Monday. The system uses zeolite with a porous structure to adsorb CO2 from exhaust gas in a race vehicle running on biodiesel HVO fuel. Mazda aims to achieve mobility where "driving more leads to CO2 reduction" by 2035, continuing experiments next season to increase recovery rates and advance the technology. Currently, the technology is able to capture around 20% of the vehicles tailpipe CO2.
- 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 23:31
ABC, easy as climate – Belgium will use COP30 to strengthen climate partnerships, pledging €5 mln to a new fund protecting the Congo Basin's tropical forests from EU ETS revenue, Belga News Agency reported. The amount is an initial tranche of its "ABC Plan" (Africa-Belgium-Climate). Separately, Belgium signed an MoU with Brazil to cooperate on green hydrogen, linking the Belgian Hydrogen Council, Flanders Investment & Trade, and the Brazilian Association of the Green Hydrogen Industry to assess a bilateral supply chain.
- 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 23:21Mongolia is set to soon announce its partnership with Switzerland to facilitate carbon credit collaboration via Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, the country's environment minister said Wednesday.
- 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 21:54A new Central African forestry initiative is circumventing the carbon market in order to reward the people and communities who plant trees, rather than those that cause deforestation in the first place, according to a government official from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- 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.
- Wed 19:08Jet2 has cut its carbon compliance bill by more than a fifth in the first half of its financial year after locking in cheaper EU and UK ETS prices, with the UK leisure airline also boosting its 2026 emissions hedge to 90% as it prepares for higher obligations under expanding fuel-use and SAF-mandate rules.
- Wed 18:48A group of energy policy researchers has called on the EU to postpone, or entirely reconsider, its plan to apply the bloc’s new Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to imported electricity starting in Jan. 2026.
- 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 18:11Industry preservation - The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) has proposed a new tax that would affect imports and domestic production equally, which would operate alongside free allowances under the EU ETS and CBAM. The option would allow producers in the ETS to continue to receive free EUAs during the transition period as protection against carbon leakage. This so-called clean industry contribution into the EU ETS would raise €50 bln for investment in industrial decarbonisation while offsetting the shortcomings of the free allowances industry currently receives, Montel reported.
- Wed 18:11Norway and Senegal have signed a bilateral trade agreement under Article 6 on the sidelines of COP30 in Belem.
- Wed 18:10Nuclear comeback - A Japanese prefecture governor is set to give approval as early as this week for the restart of the world's largest nuclear power plant, more than a decade after the Fukushima nuclear disaster led to its shutdown, Nikkei reported. Nuclear took up around 8% of Japan’s electricity mix in 2024, data from Ember showed. Japan has set a 20-22% target for nuclear energy, 36-38% for renewables, and 41% for fossil fuel, for 2030. While the country has 33 nuclear power reactors classed as operable, only 14 have restarted, and 11 are currently in the process of obtaining restart approval, according to the World Nuclear Association.
- Wed 17:55Indonesia’s carbon pricing regime is failing to put a dent in Southeast Asia’s largest economy’s heavy dependence on coal-fired power, as low CO2 prices, distortions in the electricity market, and subsidies for the fossil fuel render the framework “largely ineffective”, according to a Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) thematic report released this week.
- Wed 17:46European carbon prices sagged on Wednesday even after weekly positions data from the ICE and EEX exchanges showed investment funds had continued to build their bullish profile last week by amassing their largest-ever total long position, while the expiry of November options added some volatility to afternoon trading.
- Wed 17:41The Council of EU member states has adopted its negotiating mandate on a revision of the bloc's anti-deforestation law, and will push to delay the regulation by a year until Dec. 2026 to give companies more time to prepare.
- Wed 17:18UK CCS progress - Further progress on carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the UK was announced by the Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) on LinkedIn. The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has confirmed that a new East Coast Cluster (ECC) Teesside selection process will launch in early 2026. This will create a new opportunity for carbon capture projects to connect to the network and use remaining storage space at Endurance - the North Sea site operated by the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP). Further clarity is yet to be given on aspects such as timeline and funding allocation, eligibility criteria, and opportunities for non-pipeline CO2 transport.
- 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 16:47A coalition of 43 environmental groups have urged the European Commission not to delay the launch of the Social Climate Fund, warning that a one-year postponement of the EU’s new Emissions Trading System for buildings and road transport (ETS2) could jeopardise vital support for vulnerable households and small businesses.
- Triple A rating - Ratings agency BeZero Carbon has reaffirmed its AAA rating for the Climeworks Orca plant - a direct air capture and storage (DACS) facility in Iceland, the developer posted on LinkedIn. This required reviewing the plant's embodied emissions, amortisation approach, operational and transport-related emissions, geothermal energy and freshwater usage, storage and mineralisation data, and pre-2023 credit issuance as part of the reassessment of newer vintages from Dec. 2023 to June 2025. A triple A rating is the highest in the industry for carbon removal credits - intended to reflect their quality, durability, and effectiveness.
- Wed 16:05Methodology update - Gold Standard has issued a rule update applicable to the methodology for Carbon Mineralisation using Reactive Mineral Waste (V2.0). The update strengthens project sink calculations for aqueous state/slurry carbonation by accounting for CO2 loss during the reactor startup and shutdown processes, which were previously thought to be negligible. This is expected to increase the accuracy and conservativeness of calculating net removals. Secondly, the update includes provisions for reversal mitigation while the Reversal Risk Assessment for Mineralised Carbon is being developed.
- 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 15:32Ukraine can use both compliance and voluntary carbon markets to help finance its green reconstruction and reach its 2050 net zero goal, but it needs strict governance and alignment with Paris Agreement principles, according to an academic report.
- 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.
- Wed 15:08You can do better - South Korea, which earlier this week announced its commitment to closing at least 40 of its existing coal-fired power plants by 2040, should bring forward its coal phaseout date, Greenpeace said Wednesday. The country's current target is considered misaligned with the guidance for OECD countries by the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA), which calls for a phaseout by no later than 2030, the non-profit said. The country was also urged to end all overseas coal financing and establish a clear roadmap without gas expansion.
- Wed 15:02Denied - Auditing and verification company Earthood Services has refused validation of Bengaluru-based AltCarbon’s Darjeeling Revival Project, an enhanced rock weathering (ERW) scheme in India, after finding the site’s highly acidic soils make meaningful carbon removal effectively impossible. The auditor said the project’s soil pH, far lower than initially reported, lowers expected CO2 drawdown by up to 99%, rendering the activity non-compliant with Isometric Standard requirements. Reviewers also flagged gaps in baseline soil data, inconsistencies in laboratory methods, inaccessible calculation code, and unresolved feedstock reporting issues. This project is distinct from another Darjeeling project from where Alt Carbon recently delivered the first tranche of credits from an offtake deal to Japanese shipping giant MOL.
- Wed 15:01Synergies - Biomass aggregator Punjab Renewable Energy Systems (PRESPL) has signed an MoU with EcoKrishi Solutions to pilot field-scale biochar production and on-farm application, the companies said on Wednesday. The partnership will combine PRESPL’s aggregation and supply chain with EcoKrishi’s low-tech pyrolysis systems and biochar enrichment technologies. The initiative aims to convert crop residues into high-quality biochar to curb stubble burning, boost soil carbon, and expand carbon-removal opportunities for farmers, they said. Earlier this year, PRESPL said it will launch a biochar carbon credit platform.
- 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 14:18The Australian government has proposed changes to the register for Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) projects, including enhanced transparency on historical issuances, as 2.5 million units were issued in October.
- 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.
- Wed 12:57Switzerland has announced that partial changes to its CO2 law relating to its Emissions Trading System (ETS) will come into force from the start of next year, to bring the Swiss ETS in line with that of the EU.
- 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 11:47Countries at the ongoing COP30 climate summit should take measures to help the agricultural sector transition towards sustainable practices, including by making funding more efficient, a seed trade organisation told Carbon Pulse.
- Wed 11:43SE Europe investments - Greece utility PPC Group is targeting €10.1 billion of investments in renewable energy, flexible generation, network expansion and modernisation, and customer-centric services across Southeast Europe, it said in a release Wednesday. The growth trajectory is expected to lead to EBITDA exceeding €2.9 bln by 2028. Among the investments are development of 6.3 GW of new renewable energy projects in Greece and Southeastern Europe, 1.5 GW of flexible energy assets, and steady network growth in Greece and Romania.
- Wed 11:38New Zealand's climate minister Simon Watts took to the stage in Belem calling for COP30 to ensure the world keeps the 1.5C goal alive, however NGOs and experts back home derided his remarks following a series of policy changes that have weakened the country's climate ambitions.
- Wed 11:12Capacity gaps, policy misalignment hamper Article 6 progress in South and Southwest Asia, ESCAP saysCapacity constraints and fragmented policy frameworks are holding back Article 6 progress in South and Southwest Asia (SSWA), with countries unable to fully engage in international carbon markets due to institutional, technical, and regulatory shortcomings, the UN’s Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has said.
- 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 10:51The Council of EU member states and the European Parliament reached a deal on Tuesday to expand the scope of the bloc's Measuring Instruments Directive (MID) to include new devices central to the green and digital transitions, such as electric vehicle (EV) chargers, compressed gas dispensers, and thermal energy meters.
- Wed 10:50The European Commission has awarded more than €600 million in grants to 70 projects aimed at boosting alternative fuel infrastructure in a bid to accelerate the continent’s transition to zero-emission mobility.
- Wed 07:57The Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has this week declined to assess Woodside’s proposed offshore carbon storage project in the Browse Basin, triggering sharp criticism from environmental groups.
- 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.
