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- Thu 23:51California Carbon Allowance (CCA) futures continued to dip ahead of next week's Q1 auction amid a relatively quiet market and heightened spread activity, traders said.
- Thu 23:44Satellites: "actually..." - Methane destruction in the stratosphere is nearly double what climate models estimate, satellite observations show, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (PNAS). The study found stratospheric methane loss of 49.8 Mt per year - compared with 38.1 Mt/y from reanalysis and 25.7 Mt/y from chemistry-climate models. Researchers used satellite measurements of methane concentration, temperature, and radiative heating for 2007-10 to provide the first observationally based estimate of this critical methane sink. Substituting the observational estimate into the bottom-up global methane budget reduces the reported imbalance for the 2000s from 23 to 3 Mt/y, aligning it with the 5 Mt/y imbalance from top-down estimates. The findings could improve confidence in methane-climate assessments and understanding of global methane emissions, authors said.
- Thu 23:38Authority amplified - California Assembly Member Robert Garcia (D) reintroduced on Monday AB 1777, a bill to clarify that the California Air Resources Board (ARB) may adopt regulations to reduce or mitigate emissions from indirect sources if needed to meet federal Clean Air Act air quality standards, a move advocates say could broaden ARB’s regulatory reach. The measure says this authority reflects existing law rather than a substantive change, and specifies that no state reimbursement would be required for local agencies because any costs would stem from the creation or modification of a crime.
- Thu 23:30Forward into the past - Environmental and labour groups opposed Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee's (D) proposals to impose fees on renewable projects, delay the state's renewable energy standard, and slash energy efficiency funding by 48%. Speaking at a state House of Representatives press conference, Emily Koo, senior policy advocate and Rhode Island programme director at clean energy non-profit the Acadia Center, said cutting clean energy protects an outdated system and keeps the state dependent on expensive fossil fuels. The proposals would cap efficiency programmes at $75 mln annually and retroactively change net metering compensation for large renewable projects.
- Thu 23:29Alberta has committed C$28 million ($20.6 mln) from its Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) fund to support six projects aimed at cutting emissions and improving the energy sector’s environmental performance, Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) announced Thursday.
- Thu 23:27New England's largest battery storage facility came online this week, providing capacity that could help reduce fossil fuel use and support renewable energy integration in the RGGI region.
- Thu 23:26Cash concerns - A newly-published US Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit said the US DOE does not have a plan to oversee about $21.5 bln in clean energy demonstration funding after the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations lost 85% of its staff in 2025. As of Nov. 2025, the office had committed more than $18 bln to around 100 projects, with 35 identified for termination. GAO said the DOE risks failing to meet statutory project management and oversight requirements under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act without a clear plan.
- Thu 22:50Solid storage – Multinational investor Rothschild & Co has signed a three-year carbon removal offtake agreement with UK-based O.C.O Technology to purchase a set volume of credits generated via the mineralisation of CO2 into carbon-negative construction materials, the company announced on Thursday. The move came as part of Rothschild’s strategy to increase the share of removals in its compensation portfolio to 100% by 2030. Press materials said that the deal supports the expansion of existing capacity and development of new facilities, adding that carbon credit platform Patch helped facilitate the transaction.
- Thu 22:45Pushing back on coal funding - Top Senate Democrats wrote Energy Secretary Chris Wright that the US DOE’s plan to support aging coal plants by repurposing funds ear marked for carbon capture technologies and energy resiliency undermines the law. The DOE directed money earmarked in the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to support coal projects, prompting the Senate Democrats to investigate. Senate Appropriation Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Ranking Member Martin Heinrich (D-NM) signed the letter, shared with E&E News, echoing other arguments from former DOE officials and lawmakers that repurposing the funds undermined the law. Murray, Heinrich, and 35 other senators have asked Sec. Wright in October to restore funding for energy projects that they claim were unlawfully cancelled. Funding was initially appropriated by Congress under the Inflation Reduction Act, the IIJA, and annual appropriations bills.
- Thu 22:40Deadline extension – Brazil’s national development bank BNDES has extended the deadline for its R$10 mln public call for a study on carbon credit certification. Organisations will now have until March 2 to submit proposals. The notice aims to analyse the national carbon credit certification ecosystem and identify opportunities to strengthen and expand the certification capacity of projects in Brazil.
- Thu 22:35Tilting at wind turbines? – The Trump administration will appeal the court rulings that allowed five offshore wind projects to resume construction, according to various media reports. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said offshore wind farms posed a national security risk on Bloomberg TV on Wednesday, calling it a high-cost, intermittent source that is “blowing up” local businesses like fisheries and is interfering with sonar. The Department of the Interior had issued work-stop orders on the large offshore projects in Dec. 2025, citing national security risks identified in “recently completed classified reports” by the Department of War, formerly the Department of Defense.
- Thu 22:30Forestry loss - California air regulator ARB released its 2025 update on measuring organic carbon storage in the state’s landscapes based on 2022 conditions. The Natural and Working Lands (NWL) Carbon Inventory captures climate, wildlife, land-use change, and carbon stock management, including in biomass, soils, and harvested wood products. According to the report, California NWL stored 4.9 bln tCO2 in 2022, more than half of which was contained in forests. The state targets that for its 2045 NWL carbon stock losses should not exceed 4% compared to 2014 levels. However, carbon stocks have already declined about 4% in 2022 since 2014, or by about 214 MtCO2.
- Thu 22:20CCS in the lobby - The Carbon Capture Coalition launched a separate advocacy arm on Tuesday that would support federal policy efforts to advance carbon management technologies, while the Carbon Capture Coalition remains a non-profit. Jessie Stolark, the executive director of the coalition, will also serve as executive director of Carbon Capture Impact, which will be allowed to lobby to influence legislation. Impact will engage with bipartisan lawmakers on a portfolio of nationwide policies regarding taxes, permitting, federal investments in research and development, and other market development incentives. The group is currently tracking 10 House and Senate bills, opposing bills that seek to repeal 45Q tax credits for carbon capture or other federal carbon capture and storage assistance.
- Thu 21:47The head of Ukraine’s energy system called for donations of key machinery from the global energy market as Russia continues its campaign of “energy terror”.
- Thu 21:30German Chancellor Friedrich Merz late on Thursday softened earlier calls for strong political intervention in the EU’s Emissions Trading System or even a postponement of the scheme, while other EU leaders, including France's Emmanuel Macron, also defended the carbon market.
- Thu 21:22International financial transfers may offer a more practical pathway to achieving global net zero than requiring developed countries to deliver additional large-scale carbon removal (CDR), according to new modelling.
- Thu 20:16The Trump administration announced Thursday that the US EPA has officially repealed its 2009 endangerment finding, which formed the legal foundation for federal regulation of GHG emissions for nearly two decades, while also revealing additional support for coal power.
- Thu 18:47IFM credits - Latvian state-owned company Riga Forests has launched a tender for improved forest management (IFM) carbon credit project development, audit, validation, verification, registration, and sales services. The procurement is open to eligible suppliers via LatviaTenders, with bids due by Feb. 20. Full technical and financial details are available in the tender documents.
- Thu 18:46CO2 control – Halliburton on Thursday launched a new wireline-retrievable safety valve system designed for CO2 injection in carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) wells, the company announced. The Houston-based company said its XTR CS injection system can serve as a primary or contingency safety valve or as a deep-set reservoir fluid-flowback prevention device in CCUS projects . Halliburton said the design reduces potential leak paths and removes the need for hydraulic control systems, enabling steady performance at any setting depth and simplifying operations in harsh environments.
- Thu 18:42The EU’s review of its Emissions Trading System (ETS), scheduled for this summer, will likely ensure the long-term integrity of the scheme despite the current political backlash against the world’s largest carbon market by revenue, according to analysts.
- Thu 18:10A new paper from researchers at the University of Oxford set out eight strategic challenges that define what it calls the "fossil fuel endgame", arguing that targeted policy, financial, and regulatory interventions could still restart a transition that has stalled despite international commitments.
- Thu 17:19Clean hydrogen is still more of a hope than a hype, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said this week, after comparing the green energy to the development of other nascent technologies.
- Thu 17:17European carbon prices nose-dived on Thursday, recording their largest one-day fall since May 2022, as the market responded to comments by Germany's chancellor suggesting that the EU could "postpone" the market if it is judged to be failing to drive the clean energy transition, as well as to further calls for reform from a cross-section of EU leaders.
- Thu 17:02Kenya's decision not to approve clean cookstove distributor Koko Networks' carbon project was unexpected for a company backed by the World Bank's political risk guarantee, which is specifically designed to prevent this kind of breakdown, according to experts.
- Thu 17:01A durable carbon removals (CDR) project developer on Thursday announced an offtake agreement with a carbon credit procurement company that involves 105,000 tonnes of CO2, destined for the aviation sector.
- Thu 16:29The Republic of the Congo seeks to improve its capacity as a net carbon sink some 47.8% by 2035 compared to business-as-usual levels, conditional upon international support such as carbon trading under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
- Thu 15:57German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s declaration that the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) could be postponed or diluted has been met with forceful pushback in Brussels as EU leaders were meeting to discuss ways of restoring the bloc’s industrial competitiveness.
- Thu 15:27The EU has an opportunity to help other countries build their own carbon pricing programmes, and forge alliances, as part of its strategy for buying Article 6 carbon credits – once the bloc has a clearer idea of how it wants to participate in global markets, according to the head of international emissions trading lobby IETA.
- Thu 14:31Compensation call - Chemicals group Ineos is calling for compensation from Belgium's Flemish govt for suspending the permit of its Project One petrochemical plant in Antwerp - a decision which it says significantly increased costs at the site. In response, the govt said it had formally rejected the compensation claim, calling the demand unjustified and lacking in legal basis. The plant is expected to produce 1.5 mln tonnes of ethylene per year, with ethane gas imported from the US as feedstock and the produced ethylene used to supply its other plants in Europe. Speaking at an industry gathering, Ineos CEO Jim Ratcliffe also critiqued the EU's green agenda for deindustrialising the continent, with chemical sector closures having doubled in the past year. (FT)
- Thu 14:01Climate action is "mission critical" to global security, the UN's climate chief said in a speech looking ahead to a particularly complicated annual climate summit in November, in the face of evermore hostile geopolitics and led by a first-of-its-kind shared presidency between Turkiye and Australia.
- Thu 12:30The Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) is seeking to structure a blended nature-based investment pilot aimed at restoring mangroves around a beach resort, with potential for supporting a future biodiversity credit market, Carbon Pulse has learned.
- Thu 12:25South Africa’s energy minister is working on a proposal to temporarily suspend the carbon tax in a bid to ease pressure from electricity tariffs, a move which could weaken climate policy signals and complicate access to Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) finance, according to local media reports.
- Greener design - Urban Partners, a European urban investment manager, will partner with sustainability platform One Click LCA to embed lifecycle carbon data into design and material choices for new developments. The asset manager, formerly known as Nrep, will have access to One Click LCA's sustainability database for construction, to compare materials using verified data and evaluate CO2 emissions across a project’s full lifecycle. Doing so will help Urban Partners in its SBTi-validated goal to halve embodied emissions by 2030, relative to a 2022 baseline, stated the press release.
- Thu 11:28Liberia last month provoked backlash when it announced it would create a compliance mechanism charging $25 per tonne of CO2 to maritime and aviation operators – but this mechanism has been misunderstood and will be revised to remove sensitivities, according to a top official.
- Thu 10:53The EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) needs to be revised to prevent Europe’s industry from collapsing, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said as he walked into a leaders’ summit on competitiveness on Thursday, in comments that were then echoed by his Belgian and Italian counterparts, deepening an ongoing sell-off in the bloc's compliance carbon market.
- Thu 10:48Cleaner maritime - Eurazeo has secured a €175 mln first close for its Eurazeo Sustainable Maritime Infrastructure II (ESMI II) fund, which will channel capital into decarbonising European shipping and maritime. The close exceeded the fund’s initial €125 mln goal and moves it nearer the €400 mln final size. ESMI II focuses on senior secured financing solutions for European small and mid-sized shipowners, which face rising compliance costs from environmental regulations. The strategy targets marine transport, offshore renewables support vessels, and port infrastructure upgrades. The fund is expected to support 20-30 European shipowners and maritime stakeholders over its investment period. The first close was supported by European institutional investors including the European Investment Fund, MAIF, Suravenir from Groupe Crédit Mutuel and L’Auxiliaire.(ESG News)
- Thu 10:18The Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s long-awaited Land Sector and Removals Standard (LSRS) has been broadly welcomed as a major step forward for corporate carbon accounting of agriculture- and land-related emissions, though questions remain over implementation details, traceability rules, and the exclusion of forest carbon.
- Thu 10:12
Nature first - European businesses are being urged to invest in local nature-based carbon removal projects by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). Doing so can help enhance their supply chain resilience and lower costs for reaching net zero, said its new report which calculates a tonne of carbon removal can be delivered for $10-15 via such projects. CISL highlights the private sector's dependence on ecosystem services that are rapidly degrading, with Europe’s bioeconomy directly supporting 5% of EU GDP and 8% of EU jobs in 2023. But this contribution is at risk with more than 80% of Europe's protected habitats considered in poor condition, while around two-thirds of its soil is degraded. Investing in nature-based solutions via supply chains can allow businesses to support their own ecosystem dependence whilst contributing to the EU goal to restore at least 30% of poor condition land by 2030. (edie.net)
- Thu 09:43The international emissions trading body IETA has pushed back against proposed changes to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol's Scope 2 guidance that would require hourly matching and physical deliverability for renewable energy procurement.
- Thu 07:41A Seoul-headquartered trading company has secured what it claims to be creating the foundation for international transfer and sales of Paris-aligned carbon credits from its hydro power project in Indonesia.
- Thu 06:41Australia’s Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee (ERAC) has recommended that the beef cattle herd management carbon credit methodology be remade, according to its chair, but the final report making that recommendation is still with the government and has yet to be released.
- Thu 06:00Still consulting - Papua New Guinea has convened a second national consultation on the draft of its third Nationally Determined Contribution, as it prepares to update its climate pledges under the Paris Agreement, the Climate Change and Development Authority (CCDA) said in a Linkedin Post on Thursday. The consultation in Port Moresby brought in government agencies, development partners, civil society, and the private sector to review proposed mitigation targets in energy and land use, alongside adaptation priorities. The draft also introduces dedicated chapters on Loss and Damage and gender equality, CCDA said.
- Thu 04:25Funding secured - Thailand’s Industrial Estate Authority (IEAT) has secured a $100 mln World Bank loan to decarbonise key industrial zones, Nation Thailand reported. The scheme, part of a broader $200 mln programme, will deploy solar power, battery storage, and electric vehicle infrastructure, with emissions monitored via a digital MRV system. IEAT said the initiative could cut 2.33 MtCO2 over a decade and generate carbon credits for international markets.
- Thu 04:16Gaining momentum - US-based fusion energy startup Inertia Enterprises said it had raised $450 mln in a Series A round, as it seeks to commercialise laser-based fusion technology proven at the National Ignition Facility. Founded in 2024 in California, the company plans to build a pilot plant centred on a high-power laser system dubbed “Thunderwall” and to mass manufacture fusion fuel targets, with the aim of delivering grid-scale power within a decade.
- Thu 04:03Full power ahead – Australian mining giant Fortescue has begun commissioning of two new battery-operated locomotives on its Pilbara network, it announced on Thursday. With a capacity of 14.5 MWh each, they will be renewable powered via Fortescue’s Pilbara Energy Connect programme, and can recover 40-60% of energy through regenerative braking. Testing of the new trains began in June 2025, and it is estimated that the two will eliminate the use of around 1 mln litres of diesel each year, the company said. Fortescue is aiming to reduce its Scope 1 and 2 emissions to zero by 2030.
- Thu 03:51A New Zealand NGO has questioned the government over its consideration of its climate obligations in its decision to contract a new LNG terminal and has pushed for more clarity and transparency around emissions impact modelling.
- Thu 03:32The South Korean government is planning to establish a voluntary carbon marketplace by the end of this year, as part of its effort to support the development of climate technologies.
- Thu 01:44Australia and New Zealand need to establish regulatory frameworks to govern and support emerging use cases for biochar and other carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies, or risk being left behind by overseas markets, a webinar heard this week.
- Utah lawmakers are considering a carbon credit framework to tax emissions offset projects in the state, creating a levy that could fund defence against the implementation of federal environmental markets.
- Thu 01:01Voluntary carbon market standard operator Verra has opened a consultation into a proposed “major revision” of its methodology to reduce emissions via improved agricultural land management.
- Thu 00:19California has issued almost 90,000 offset credits with direct environmental benefits (DEBs) to the state to local dairies, according to data published on Wednesday.
- Thu 00:03Dog ate homework - Massachusetts's climate chief missed her deadline to deliver an economic analysis of the state's net-zero commitment by over a year, Commonwealth Beacon reported. Melissa Hoffer, appointed in Jan. 2023 as the country's first state climate chief, made the analysis her top priority in Oct. 2023, with a target completion date of end-2024. It was meant to price reaching net zero by 2050 and identify funding options. A spokesperson for Governor Maura Healey (D) confirmed the report has not been filed but declined to explain the delay. The missing analysis has drawn criticism from environmental advocates and Republican lawmakers.
- Thu 00:01China's emissions have plateaued for seven straight quarters, though questions remain around the country's emissions trends and power system reforms for the next five years, analysts said.
