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- Sat 01:01Governor Gavin Newsom proposed a new budget on Friday for the 2026-27 period that is $42 billion higher than the previous period’s estimate, as the state maintains efforts to continue public health, education, and climate funding in the absence of federal programmes.
- Sat 00:11More than markets - Microsoft founder Bill Gates said in a letter published Friday that, without a global carbon tax, which he said was "politically unachievable", market forces alone won't be sufficiently incentivise emissions reductions to combat climate change. Only by replacing all emitting activities with cheaper alternatives would stopping temperature increases be achieved, according to Gates. He also emphasised the importance of adaptation, which he discussed previously in a controversial pre-COP30 climate memo.
- Sat 00:05Washington's Department of Ecology (ECY) released Friday a series of recommendations to the state’s legislature related to energy-intensive, trade-exposed (EITE) industries under the state’s cap-and-invest programme.
- Sat 00:01The world's richest 1% surpassed their fair share of carbon emissions in line with a 1.5C temperature limit in the first 10 days of the year, according to analysis released on Saturday.
- Fri 23:53In the futures and options market, managed money extended their net length in California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) while opting to maintain their net short in RGGI Allowances (RGAs) over the Dec. 31- Jan. 6 period, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data published Friday showed.
- Fri 23:28The US EPA has finalised a full disapproval of Colorado’s revised regional haze plan, arguing that proposed coal plant shutdowns were non-compliant and unnecessary.
- Fri 23:10The Trump administration is taking its final steps towards eliminating a landmark finding that underpins many national GHG standards in the US.
- Fri 22:52Neutral no more - The city of San Jose, California, has formally acknowledged it is not on track to meet its goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2030, citing recent data showing a slight increase in GHG emissions between 2021-23, the Associated Press reported. The admission was included in an administrative update to the city’s Climate Smart San Jose plan approved by the City Council on Dec. 2, 2025, showcasing a slowdown after earlier progress following the plan’s 2018 launch. While the city reduced overall emissions by about 16% between its 2017 baseline year and 2021, officials said momentum has since stalled, prompting concerns about the feasibility of meeting the 2030 target without additional measures.
- Carbon tax incentives – Ten companies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, offset 122,900 tCO2e through the city’s tax incentive programme in its third public call, receiving tax credits totalling R$3.4 mln ($633,900). Across three editions of ISS Neutro, the programme – designed to incentivise companies to purchase and retire carbon credits – has contributed to the offsetting of 246,300 tCO2e, corresponding to tax credits of R$5.5 mln. The data was published on Friday by the city's government.
- Fri 22:46Clean Takeoff - Washington state on Thursday launched a new $20 mln sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) accelerator, with political and business leaders saying the state aims to position itself as a national hub for lower-carbon jet fuel, even as the Trump administration pulls back from international climate commitments and criticises taxpayer-backed decarbonisation incentives. Washington State Standard reports the Cascadia Sustainable Aviation Accelerator received $10 million in state funding approved by the Legislature, matched by $10 million from an unidentified philanthropic donor, building on earlier state and federal spending to attract SAF refineries, support Washington State University research, and subsidise SAF use, as executives from Boeing, Amazon, Alaska Airlines, and the Port of Seattle appeared alongside Democratic officials at the launch.
- Fri 22:46Maverick moves - A Republican lawmaker has introduced legislation directing the US government to study only the potential harms of geoengineering, E&E News reports. The bill, introduced by Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ), would require the Department of Energy to assess negative impacts of planet-cooling technologies on human health and the environment. Crane has dismissed mainstream climate science, calling it “nonsense”, and criticised emissions reduction efforts. The proposal would apply to any geoengineering projects funded or supported by the federal government and currently has no co-sponsors in Congress.
- Fri 22:21Colombia’s environment ministry has presented preliminary figures on which companies will be required to participate in the country’s mandatory emissions registry and outlined a roadmap for its implementation ahead of the planned launch of a national emissions trading system (ETS) in the first half of 2026, Carbon Pulse has learned.
- Fri 22:20California laws requiring large companies to disclose GHG emissions and climate-related financial risks were reviewed by a US federal appeals court on Friday, with judges considering whether the measures amount to unconstitutional compelled speech.
- Fri 17:31Doubling Bolivian biochar – Bolivia-based Exomad Green has completed a major expansion of its Riberalta biochar facility, strengthening its role as one of the world's largest producer of CO2 removal (CDR) credits, it announced this week. The site has increased from three to six pyrolysis lines, lifting annual CO2 capture from 60,000 to 120,000 tonnes and biochar output from 25,000 to 50,000 tonnes.
- Fri 17:13The area under deforestation alerts in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest decreased by 9% in 2025 compared with 2024, registering the second consecutive fall, according to new government data.
- Fri 17:09A Texas-based carbon removal (CDR) firm said Friday it has delivered nearly 2 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent through its regenerative ranching programme, signalling a tipping point for commercial scaling in the US.
- Fri 14:03More than 12,500 tonnes of durable carbon removal (CDR) have been pre-purchased by a funding platform covering six removal approaches, according to an announcement on Friday.
- Fri 13:00Earnings hit - General Motors will mark a one-time earnings hit of $7.1 bln in its quarterly financial results, largely due to its electric vehicle rollback in light of changing US policies. The automaker's 4Q 2025 results will be hit by $6 bln in charges related to reversals on EV investments, whilst the remaining $1.1 bln includes costs from restructuring its business in China, according to a securities filing. In 2021, GM was aiming to only sell emissions-free cars and trucks by 2035, but has pivoted away from EVs more recently following a sharp US policy reversal under US President Donald Trump. (the Guardian)
- Fri 01:41California Carbon Allowance (CCA) futures dropped more than $1 on Thursday as concerns resurfaced of impending legal challenges against state-led carbon markets after prices had previously rallied in the first week of 2026.
- Fri 00:45
Subway goes hybrid - Wabtec announced it secured a $386 mln follow-on order to deliver R255 hybrid battery-diesel work locomotives to New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority as part of the authority's Capital Plan to revitalize transit network infrastructure. The approximately 500-kwh locomotives can operate in battery-only mode for several hours during subway construction and maintenance, eliminating emissions in confined work zones and tunnels. Built at Wabtec's Erie, Pennsylvania facility, deliveries are scheduled to start in 2027 to replace aging equipment.
- Fri 00:23Just over 50 companies operating in California have voluntarily submitted climate-related financial risk disclosures, with early filings showing a strong focus on physical climate risks, even as enforcement of the state’s reporting law remains suspended.
- Fri 00:19A US state involved in RGGI needs to enact significant policy intervention if it hopes to meet its net zero target by 2050 – which could mean a new regional cap-and-trade system.
- Fri 00:12Touchdown for carbon - California Resources Corporation (CRC) and the Los Angeles Rams said in a statement that they completed the first year of their Football Without the Footprint partnership, making the Rams the first NFL team in California to purchase locally sourced carbon credits. CRC delivered MiQ-certified low-carbon crude oil certificates with 54% lower carbon intensity than California average for jet fuel, MiQ Grade A natural gas certificates with less than 0.05% methane intensity, and carbon credits from its Huntington Beach industrial emissions avoidance project rated A.pre by BeZero Carbon. Credits were retired on the Rams' behalf to offset the team's carbon footprint.
- Fri 00:03
A reporting failure - Washington State Department of Commerce submitted corrected GHG emissions data to the Washington State Department of Ecology (ECY) after a data entry error inflated reported reductions from eight Climate Commitment Act (CCA)-funded home electrification and appliance rebate projects from 7.5 mln metric tonnes to the actual 78,000 tonnes over project lifetimes. Commerce now reports total reductions of nearly 308,000 tonnes across all CCA-funded programmes. ECY is reviewing data from more than 3,600 projects by 37 agencies covering $1.5 bln in CCA revenue appropriated during the 2023-25 biennium, with corrected report expected in coming weeks. New online reporting tool will be implemented to reduce human error.
- Fri 00:02Dry Run - AirJoule Technologies has kicked off work under the Net Zero Innovation Hub for Data Centers, marking a step toward anticipated commercial deployment of its water-from-air systems for data centre cooling, the company said on Thursday, after being selected last year as one of three winners from more than 70 applicants. The US-based firm said it will work through the Innovation Hub consortium with operators and suppliers including Google and Microsoft to advance deployment of systems designed to use low-grade waste heat from data centres to generate distilled water on site, with the programme launched this week in Fredericia, Denmark, and a pilot installation expected in summer 2026.
