California gasoline sales picked up year-on-year (YoY) in March for the first time in multiple years, while diesel dropped by a larger percentage, recently published state data showed.

Dela(y)ware - A Delaware Superior Court stayed proceedings in the state’s climate change lawsuit against fossil fuel defendants earlier this month, pending a decision from the US Supreme Court on a separate climate lawsuit. The state government is seeking money damages from the fossil fuel industry. The highest court in Delaware granted a request from the fossil fuel defendants, saying it would be “prudent” to wait for the Supreme Court to decide Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, to receive guidance for future determinations of the State of Delaware v. BP America. Defendants on Delaware’s suit include ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Shell, the American Petroleum Institute, and more.

Stop the freeze - Four environmental non-profits filed a lawsuit in the North Carolina Superior Court against an order from state regulators on June 18, which had deferred utility Duke Energy’s solar and storage procurement process. The North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) had approved a halt to Duke’s procurement of clean energy resources based on modifications of an existing procurement target. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, the Sierra Club, Vote Solar, and the Environmental Justice Community Action Network allege the investor-owned utility reduced its proposed solar and storage 2026 targets below what regulators required in the 2024 resource planning order, and that the NCUC’s deferral violated their right to due process per state law. The plaintiffs outlined that the NCUC’s order came less than two weeks after the utility updated its load forecast to show 2 GW of expected new demand in its service area for data centres and other large-load customers.

Stakeholder support – A package of support letters from local governments and First Nations groups were submitted to Manitoba late last year to support carbon capture company Deep Sky's proposed DAC facility in the province, the Narwhal reported. With local governments and First Nations in support of the project, alongside the recent financial support indicated by the company being issued North America’s first certified carbon removal credits under long-term offtake agreements, Deep Sky is seeking government backing and the ability to integrate with Manitoba’s provincial energy grid to take the project to the next phase.

Minnesota vs. US filings - The US had a request for a motion for leave to file rebuttal approved this week in its legal challenge to Minnesota's climate change deception lawsuit against oil majors, allowing federal litigators additional opportunity to submit legal arguments or evidence. This occurred as both state defenders and Trump administration challengers to Minnesota's effort submitted new filings outlining their cases. For example, federal officials from the State Department said Minnesota's lawsuit contradicts the US' stance against international climate liability efforts, while Minnesota's attorney general said the federal challenge is unripe, the cases cite by the US administration are irrelevant, and the challenge cannot be based on speculation about an adverse final adjustment, among other arguments.

Renewables were the fastest growing energy source in 2025, but global energy emissions still ticked up 1.1%, driven by an expansion of fossil fuel use in the US, found a report.

Carbon credits call – In Brazil, Mato Grosso do Sul expects to select a private partner by September to structure, certify, and sell carbon credits generated by the state, according to the State Secretary for Environment, Development, Science, Technology, and Innovation Artur Falcette. The timeline was announced on Tuesday during official appointments at the Mato Grosso do Sul Environment Institute (Imasul), Campo Grande News reported. The public call for partners was recently published.

Cross-Atlantic carbon collaboration - The UK and Quebec have signed a MoU to strengthen collaboration on emissions trading policy and leadership on carbon markets, the former's Department of Energy Security and Net Zero announced Tuesday via a post on X.

The Carbon to Value Initiative (C2V Initiative) has opened applications for the sixth cohort of its ‘carbontech’ accelerator, seeking startups developing carbon capture, utilisation, and removal technologies as well as AI-enabled tools designed to accelerate commercial deployment.

What’s EORs is mine – US energy company BKV Corporation announced two carbon capture and storage (CCS) sites in Texas are operational on Tuesday, set to sequester CO2 from the company’s natural gas activities using Class II injection permits. The Class II permit is designed for enhanced oil recovery (EOR), a process to extract more oil through the injection of CO2 underground. However, the company claimed it will be responsible for storing over 120,000 tCO2 annually through its new facilities, Eagle Ford and Cotton Cove. The developer, one of the largest natural gas producers in the US, will retain all environmental credits generated by the project initially, according to the announcement. This comes as other oil and gas giants are investing in direct air capture startups. BKV will acquire waste stream CO2 for its Eagle Ford CCS project from its natural gas processing plant on an adjacent site before compressing and transporting it to an injection well for underground storage. The Eagle Ford facility, completed under a strategic joint venture with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, will sequester about 90,000 tCO2 per year. Cotton Cove will sequester 32,000 tCO2 annually from BKV’s co-located midstream plant.

The Supreme Court of Washington ruled in favour of the state’s Department of Ecology (ECY) regarding the agriculture fuel exemption for fuel suppliers within the carbon cap-and-invest programme, ending a dispute brought by an agricultural association.

A planned clean energy project in Louisiana will not proceed after failing to meet internal financial return criteria, its developer announced Tuesday.

An Oregon-based climate finance advisory firm has partnered with a Hawaiian nature restoration developer to support global reforestation projects, the companies announced on Tuesday.

Latin America is creating opportunities for carbon project developers to generate credits, access finance, and commercialise issuances, developing national carbon markets, Carbon Pulse reported last week – although Global North funds retain their key role in the market, for now.

Another offshore wind buyout - The US Department of Interior (DOI) has reached an agreement with Charlotte-based Duke Energy to terminate the latter's $129-mln Carolina Long Bay offshore wind project. The DOI said the move will help Duke execute an energy modernisation strategy and prioritise customer value. The deal with Duke is the latest in a series of payouts by the Trump administration for developers to cancel offshore wind project development, most recently one earlier this month with Invenergy for $765 mln for the cancellation of offshore wind leases.

Fuel fight – Industry group Clean Fuels Alliance America has filed a motion to intervene in litigation challenging the US EPA's 2026-27 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), Biomass Magazine reported Friday. The industry group said it filed the motion in the consolidated case Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA, arguing that the rule creates market opportunities for US farmers while signalling additional growth in biodiesel and renewable diesel production and feedstock supplies. It said successful legal challenges could destabilise the RFS, arguing that American farmers, rural communities, and consumers would pay the price.

Amazon will buy 1.95 million carbon removal credits from a large-scale ecosystem restoration project in South Africa, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, as part of a an initiative that has also secured innovative financing through a $120 mln World Bank outcome bond.

The World Bank said it will scrap two headline climate financing targets, including its goal for 45% of financing to deliver climate benefits, as it shifts its focus from how much the bank spends on climate-related projects.

Countries have reaffirmed the importance of scaling up energy efficiency in a new action plan signed in Montreal this week at a conference hosted by the International Energy Agency (IEA), which includes reference to enhancing efficiency in data centres.

Oregon has distributed close to 23.3 million allowances for compliance with its Climate Protection Program (CPP) in 2026.

An Oregon advisory group has asked Governor Tina Kotek (D) repeal the state’s Climate Protection Programme (CPP) and adopt a cap-and-invest scheme, as part its suite of recommendations across a broad range of state policies.