A Canadian think tank would see the federal government pay close attention to how Alberta plans to follow it to a net zero future in pipeline and carbon pricing negotiations, warning that the province could miss the mark.

Waste-to-credits IPO – Yesil Global Enerji, which operates projects generating roughly 2 mln tonnes of verified carbon credits annually, filed for a Nasdaq listing on Monday, seeking to fund expansion in North America. The Turkish waste-to-energy company operates six landfill gas-to-energy plants in Istanbul and Kocaeli with 125 MW of installed capacity, and monetises credits under Gold Standard and Verra programmes. A thermal waste-to-energy facility at Solaklar, designed to process up to 2,000 tonnes per day, is expected to begin operations in 2026 and will add 41 MW of capacity. The company plans to use IPO proceeds to expand US oil and gas operations integrated with data-centre power infrastructure, alongside research and development and working capital.

California regulatory staff projections show revenues for the GHG Reduction Fund (GGRF) will never meet the amount required to fulfil the spending commitments made in Senate Bill 840 (SB 840), according to an independent advisory group’s analysis.

Insurance impasse - A Hawaii Senate committee voted 9-4 to reject legislation that would have required fossil fuel companies to help cover rising property-insurance costs linked to climate-related disasters, after opposition from the American Petroleum Institute (API), E&E News reported. The measure, sponsored by state Senator Jarrett Keohokalole (D), sought to hold oil and gas firms financially responsible for insurance rate increases following climate-driven damage in the state. Keohokalole said he was shocked the bill failed in the Senate Ways and Means Committee, where Democrats hold 12 of 13 seats and the chair had recommended passage. He said lawmakers had met with API representatives to discuss the group’s objections before the committee vote.

US grid priority - Utilize, a new coalition of companies that includes Google and Tesla, would work with state lawmakers, regulators, and utilities to improve grid operations and affordability amid data centre electricity concerns, according to Axios. The coalition has already helped usher in a bill that would require major utilities to spell out how much of the grid is being used and incorporate those metrics into State Corporation Commission plans and reviews in Virginia.

Canadian voices - Canadian bank major RBC Climate Action Institute has released a What We Heard report outlining key discussion points amid its work to draw up its annual climate action report. During engagement, RBC said it heard: climate ambitions are being reset with a focus on what’s doable; there’s plenty of climate capital, but the challenge is deploying it; policy friction and geopolitical uncertainty threatens Canadian climate competitiveness; a national electricity strategy requires a major shift in priorities; too many shovel-ready carbon removal solutions are waiting to scale; and capitalising on climate-conscious consumers is critical to decarbonisation.

Clean air conundrum – Experts say the Clean Air Act was never designed to address climate change, even though the 2007 Massachusetts v. EPA ruling confirmed the US EPA could regulate GHG under the statute, E&E News reported. Lawyers involved in the case said the authority was seen as a temporary “Plan B” meant to push Congress toward comprehensive climate legislation. While the EPA later used the law to regulate emissions from vehicles, power plants, and oil and gas, efforts to curb power-sector emissions were repeatedly undermined by legal challenges and political turnover.

Toronto's largest emitter extended - Toronto residents and doctors are opposing a 20-year extension of the city’s largest gas plant and largest source of GHG emissions, according to a report by Canada’s National Observer. The licence extension allows the Portlands Gas Plant to continue operating until 2046.

Portable petrol – The US Pentagon is backing a startup developing mobile fuel-production units that convert CO2 into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for military vehicles, a technology aimed at reducing the need to transport petroleum through vulnerable supply convoys in war zones, E&E News reported. Brooklyn-based AirCo said its container-sized systems can manufacture hundreds or thousands of gallons of synthetic fuel each month for drones, aircraft, boats, or ground vehicles and could be deployed at military bases worldwide as early as next year. CEO Gregory Constantine said the company has opened a manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania to produce the units. The announcement comes as oil markets face renewed volatility amid escalating conflict involving the US, Israel, and Iran.

Rose-coloured data CAPP - Canada’s oil and gas sector appears to be pushing Ottawa to rely on Alberta’s measurement of methane emissions, according to Canada’s National Observer. The outlet reported the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) insists the federal government rely on the province’s emissions data in a late January letter to Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin. Under Alberta data, the sector would need to reduce methane emissions by 3.5 MtCO2e, versus 8 MtCO2e via federal data.

Banking backtrack – Senate Democrats are seeking to reinstate Biden-era banking guidance on climate risk after federal regulators under the Trump administration rescinded the policy in Oct. 2025, E&E News reported. A resolution introduced by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), the ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, would use the Congressional Review Act to overturn the rollback. The measure, S.J.Res.113, targets the withdrawal of supervisory guidance issued in 2023 by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which instructed large financial institutions with more than $100 bln in assets to manage climate-related financial risks and promoted a “consistent understanding of the effective management" of these risks across the sector.

Traders polled by Carbon Pulse ahead of Wednesday's Q1 RGGI auction said they expected a sellout of Cost Containment Reserve (CCR) volumes, while analysts predicted settlement at the sale within a few dollars of secondary prices.

Chile has approved a list of priority and contraindicated mitigation activity types for the generation and authorisation of carbon credits under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, marking another step in the country's ambition to become a frontrunner in this international market.

A US biofuel and bioprocessing company has filed a federal lawsuit challenging an Indiana county ordinance that indefinitely blocks permits for carbon sequestration projects, arguing the measure unlawfully halts development of a carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) facility tied to its ethanol operations.

A neighbour plead – Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo (R) urged his California counterparty, Gavin Newsom (D), on Monday to direct the state's regulator ARB to weigh the regional consequences of its draft cap-and-invest regulation update before finalising it, according to a letter published by KCRA3. Lombardo warned that additional refinery closures in California could destabilise fuel supply across the US Southwest, adding that Nevada is structurally dependent on the Golden State for a significant portion of its gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel, with no readily available alternative supply network. He warned that increased reliance on marine imports would expose Nevada to international supply disruptions, port congestion, and geopolitical instability. Lombardo said he has established a Nevada Fuel Resiliency Committee to identify vulnerabilities in the state's fuel delivery system.

Mill removals – Canadian carbon management firm Svante said on Tuesday that its BECCS project at a Southeast US paper mill has moved into the feasibility stage, following earlier screening across several facilities. The project aims to capture and permanently store more than 500,000 tonnes of biogenic CO2 per year from the mill’s recovery boiler and generate CDR credits for sale to VCM buyers. It is being advanced by Svante and an unnamed integrated sustainable packaging company, with a Svante subsidiary co-investing in the study phase.

A strategic financing partnership announced on Tuesday will support the expansion of a global portfolio of ecosystem restoration projects, with potential priority investment commitments reaching up to $500 million.

US solar capacity is expected to nearly triple over the next decade even as policy changes and market uncertainty slowed installations in 2025, according to a report released Tuesday.

Most of the supply of permanent carbon removals (CDR) up to 2030 has already been reserved by buyers, data collected by a CDR procurement company shows.

A group of Democratic assemblymembers urged California regulator ARB to reconsider elements of its proposed cap-and-invest programme update they said would impose disproportionate compliance costs on trade-exposed industries, local media reported.

Cap-and-leave? - US oil refiner Marathon Petroleum warned California regulator ARB that proposed amendments to the state's cap-and-invest programme would make in-state refining operations unviable, according to a letter reported by KCRA3. The company said the amendments would widen an existing cost gap between California refiners and fuel importers. It argued that curtailing in-state production would shift fuel supply to refineries in other states and countries with less stringent regulations, increasing global GHG emissions. Marathon said it employs more than 2,000 workers in California and contracted around 5,300 full-time-equivalent contractors. The company also warned that reduced in-state refining would threaten jet and diesel fuel supply to US military installations along the West Coast. The letter echoes concerns shared by PBF Energy and Chevron last week.

The supply of carbon credits for Phase 1 of the aviation offsetting scheme CORSIA reached more than 32 million as of early March, according to a new International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) dashboard that tracks eligible credits, while prices have slipped to their lowest levels in over a year.

A clean cookstove developer is looking to boost the supply of carbon credits into the first phase of the aviation offsetting scheme CORSIA, after being granted the right to sell 5.2 million credits internationally by Nigeria under Article 6 rules, it announced Tuesday.

Digital monitoring technologies could improve transparency and accuracy in the voluntary carbon market but also introduce new integrity risks without proper governance, according to recent survey results published by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM).

Companies will be formally recognised for using high-quality carbon credits to compensate for their ongoing emissions in the Science Based Targets initiative's (SBTi) Corporate Net-Zero Standard Version 2.0, provided no further changes are made before expected final publication in June, an SBTi executive said on Tuesday.

CCUS effort - Thailand's cement industry group has teamed up with several partners to accelerate the implementation of carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) technologies in the country. The Thai Cement Manufacturers Association (TCMA) has secured partnerships with Canada's Saskatchewan government and the University of Regina, Bangkok Post reported. CCUS is considered a critical solution to achieving the industry's 2050 net zero target, given that more than 45% of targeted GHG reductions cannot be achieved through conventional measures alone, according to TCMA.  

A US-based forest carbon project, registered under California’s cap-and-trade scheme, has been officially ended by tribal leaders after it was ravaged by wildfire several years ago.

Branching out – The Advanced Woody Biomass Alliance (AWBA) launched on Monday in the US to act as a global platform to expand the use of the fuel. Building off its roots in the US Industrial Pellet Association, AWBA brings together stakeholders from a range of industries to collaborate, advance supportive policy frameworks, and drive investment to accelerate the development and use of woody biomass as a renewable fuel, it said. The growing use of woody biomass globally – including for power generation, advanced fuels, industrial use, and carbon removals – makes it even more urgent to have coordinated representation of the whole ecosystem, AWBA added.

The year 2026 marks the launch of new carbon policies and decarbonisation markets in Latin America, as per reporting last week.

Target met – Vancouver-based methanol supplier Methanex has met its 2030 emissions reduction target, to cut its Scope 1 and 2 emissions intensity by 10% compared with 2019 levels, it said in its 2025 Sustainability Report, released Friday. Steps taken include the purchase of renewable energy, investing in energy efficiency improvements, and a change in catalyst, it said. Emissions also fell due to reduced production at its New Zealand plant, the company added, which was a result of gas supply shortages. Methanex is considering the use of CCUS, and producing biomethanol or e-methanol as other alternatives to reduce its emissions further, it said.