Another extension - The Brazilian state of Para’s environmental asset company CAAPP has extended, once again, the evaluation period for PMI No. 03/2025, which seeks to select a specialised technical partner to help raise resources and support the company’s institutional structuring and market intelligence development with regards to intermediating and commercialising jurisdictional REDD+ (JREDD) certificates. Citing the technical complexity of the proposals and the need for a thorough review by its executive board, CAAPP has prolonged the analysis phase from Nov. 10, 2025 to Feb. 23, 2026. The expression of interest was first launched in October, then extended in late November. The selected partner(s) must also structure strategies to sell future jurisdictional credits once they are independently verified, certified, issued, and after FPIC processes are concluded. CAAPP recently published a term of reference document formalising its decision to seek high-level external strategic advice before determining the final structuring model for the commercialisation of Para’s credits under PMI 03/2025. The ERPA that Para signed with Emergent/LEAF must be strictly observed, including the $15/tonne reference price and priority delivery of 12 Mt. Para accounts for roughly 40% of recent Brazilian Amazon deforestation and is seeking to scale its J-REDD efforts as part of a wider climate policy framework push.

Republican church-state separation - US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has called the energy transition an ideological fantasy, casting doubt on climate science the same day the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding, E&E News reported. Burgum likened the idea of the world-prescribed energy transition to religion, taking notes from other leaders of the federal government who’ve looked to discredit climate change.

More data, more mitigation - Cornell University researchers have synthesised data from multiple ground sources and models to map global cropland emissions at high resolution – down to about 10 km. Researchers said the unprecedented emissions maps will help hone mitigation efforts to lower agricultural emissions.

Oh-no solar - Ohio lawmakers are considering a bill that would ban solar and wind projects, according to Canary Media. The outlet reported that restrictive language in Senate Bill 294 (SB 294) would stop the Ohio Power Siting Board from supporting renewable energy projects. Other states passed similar bills as they follow the federal headwinds.

Emitters added net length in V27 California Carbon Allowances (CCAs), while financial players cut their net holdings across US compliance carbon markets, according to the latest weekly data from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Offset drought - Acadian Timber Corp.’s 2025 results were materially affected by the absence of carbon offset sales, which had been a significant earnings driver in 2024. According to full-year results published this week, in 2024 the company sold 752,100 voluntary carbon credits from its Anew – Katahdin Forestry Project in Maine, generating C$24.6 mln in revenue and C$19.8 mln in adjusted EBITDA. No carbon credits were sold in 2025, leading to a sharp year-on-year decline in adjusted EBITDA, which fell from C$38.9 mln to C$15.8 mln, with C$19.8 mln of that decrease attributable to the prior-year carbon credit contribution. The project is registered with ACR under an Improved Forest Management methodology and is currently being transitioned to Version 2.1 of the protocol, which introduces dynamic baselines. This transition has delayed registration of the next tranche of credits and may result in slightly fewer credits being issued than originally expected, though all are anticipated to qualify as carbon removal credits rather than conservation credits. Acadian said it expects additional credit registration in the near term and states that demand and pricing for voluntary carbon credits are expected to remain stable, while it also evaluates potential future projects under either Canadian compliance or voluntary standards.

Quebec ranks among the world's locations for direct air capture (DAC) projects thanks to abundant clean electricity and favourable storage geology, according to a carbon removal (CDR) project developer preparing to capitalise on new provincial legislation.

A Canadian climate think tank is warning the country needs to get its industrial carbon pricing right to have any chance of closing in on its net zero targets.

Shielding the shale - Harriet Hageman, a Wyoming Republican running for Senate, is exploring legislation that would shield oil and gas companies from climate lawsuits brought by states and cities, saying there is 'absolutely' interest among lawmakers in pursuing such a measure, E&E News reported. Speaking during a hearing Wednesday and in a subsequent interview, she argued that climate litigation and state-level policies targeting fossil fuel companies could destroy energy affordability for consumers and amount to efforts by Democrat-run cities and states to tax energy producers.

Turbine turnaround - Revolution Wind, a $6.2 bln offshore wind project in New England developed by Orsted, is set to begin generating electricity within weeks after overcoming two Trump administration stop-work orders, E&E News reported. The Interior Department halted construction twice, including a three-week suspension in late Dec. 2025, but the project successfully challenged both actions in court. Orsted CEO Rasmus Errboe said 59 of 65 turbines have been installed and key infrastructure, including onshore and offshore substations and export cables, has been energised.

E15 efforts - US House Republicans are set to unveil a draft framework to allow nationwide, year-round sales of E15, seeking to break a long-running impasse between biofuel advocates and small refiners, E&E News reported. The proposal, crafted by the Rural Domestic Energy Council, would permit permanent summer sales, limit small refinery hardship exemptions under the Renewable Fuel Standard, codify the US EPA’s economic hardship criteria, and bar renewable fuel credits for electric vehicles. Backers aim for a House vote by Feb. 25, but Senate prospects remain uncertain.

Pump price push - Republican lawmakers have reintroduced legislation to repeal the federal Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate, reviving a broader effort to unwind oil and chemical industry taxes reinstated in recent years. The bill, titled the “Pay Less at the Pump Act of 2026”, was introduced by Representative Mike Carey (R-OH) and would amend the Internal Revenue Code to terminate the Superfund financing rate after Dec. 31, 2025. The measure would also end the Treasury’s authority to advance funds tied to the tax upon enactment. The Superfund tax, which applies to crude oil and certain petroleum and chemical products, was reinstated under the Inflation Reduction Act to help finance cleanup of hazardous waste sites.

CCS call – The Global CCS Institute has invited organisations to submit commercially available or advanced-stage carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies for inclusion in its annual publication, the 2026 Technology Compendium. The compendium highlights solutions for stakeholders seeking market-ready options, and interested parties must complete an expression of interest form by Mar. 31, 2026 to be considered, the institute said.

Support for solar - 84 Democratic lawmakers have asked the US District Court for the District of Columbia to restore $7 bln in US EPA funding for the Solar for All programme, arguing the agency unlawfully rescinded obligated grants intended to expand rooftop solar access for low-income and disadvantaged households, E&E News reported. In an amicus brief filed Wednesday, the lawmakers said Congress, while repealing the broader Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund last year under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, allowed only unobligated funds to be cancelled and made clear that obligated funding should remain in place.

Coal clamp  - Washington state's Centralia coal plant must buy allowances in the state's cap-and-invest market if it restarts, the House decided on Thursday. HB 2367 would end a previous exemption TransAlta received in a 2011 coal phaseout deal and repeals sales and use tax breaks for coal at the plant. The 670 MW plant has been idle since mid-December but the US DOE ordered the Alberta-based company to keep it operational until mid-March. The bill passed 63-33 and moves to the Senate, where a companion bill (SB 6172) already passed one committee.  

Tree-mendous task - Brazil's Climate Plan allows agriculture and livestock emissions to remain largely stable through 2035 while relying on forest carbon absorption to meet national climate targets, Folha de Sao Paulo reported. The document projects agriculture sector emissions could rise 1% by 2030 and range from a 7% cut to 2% increase by 2035 compared to current levels. To achieve Brazil's NDC target of 59-67% emissions cuts versus 2005, the plan requires a 140% reduction in land-use change emissions from public areas by 2030. Energy and industrial sectors could increase emissions 44% and 34% respectively through 2035. Environmental organization Instituto Talanoa called the strategy insufficiently ambitious, describing it as the possible - rather than best - climate plan.

The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) announced $5.2 million in Clean Air Program grant awards this week to support the deployment of emissions reduction technologies at industrial facilities across the state.

Public awareness of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is climbing sharply, but a knowledge gap is creating conditions for misinformation to spread and harden opposition before the industry can shape its own narrative, according to new research.

An Edinburgh-based company closed an investment and grant funding round this week, securing $3 million for expanding its carbon removal operations.

An international nonprofit launched a request for proposals (RFP) on Tuesday as part of a broader report on the integration of ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) with municipal wastewater treatment technologies.