CFTC: Shift to V25 CCAs extends, traders reduce RGGI exposure

Published 03:00 on September 28, 2024  /  Last updated at 03:00 on September 28, 2024  / /  Americas, Canada, US

An ongoing build-up of V25 California Carbon Allowance (CCA) holdings comes at the expense of V24s, while RGGI traders reduce exposure as allowance prices in the secondary market decline from summer peaks, according to this week’s data released Friday from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

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US DOE plans to fund up to $1.3 bln carbon capture projects

Published 01:30 on September 28, 2024  /  Last updated at 01:30 on September 28, 2024  / /  Americas, US

The US Department of Energy (DOE) plans to fund up to $1.3 billion in carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects, according to a Notice of Intent (NOI) issued on Friday.

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Final Oregon CPP reinstatement discussions explore potential refinements on stringency, costs

Published 01:20 on September 28, 2024  /  Last updated at 01:20 on September 28, 2024  / /  Americas, US

Industry opposition to Oregon’s proposed Climate Protection Program (CPP) remained muffled amid strong voices of support for the scheme, although the state’s Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) continues to explore potential avenues for revisions as the programme regulator concluded its final discussions ahead of the rule proposal.

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Brazil’s Amazonas REDD+ recommendation to suspend activities halted as prosecutors defend effort

Published 23:44 on September 27, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:44 on September 27, 2024  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

Brazil’s Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF) recommendation to suspend REDD+ activities in the state of Amazonas has been temporarily halted by an oversight committee despite MPF objections.

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CWNYC24: BRIEFING – COP29 to encourage private sector role crucial to decarbonisation

Published 22:33 on September 27, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:53 on September 28, 2024  / /  Americas, International, Paris Article 6, US, Voluntary

The private sector is poised to take an increasingly important role in achieving global decarbonisation tasks, according to speakers at the New York edition of the World Climate Summit 2024 this week, in line with Climate Week NYC programming.

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US House introduces bill to lift EPA’s summertime ban of E15 fuel sales

Published 21:57 on September 27, 2024  /  Last updated at 21:57 on September 27, 2024  / /  Americas, RINs & LCFS, US

A bipartisan group of representatives in the US House of Representatives introduced legislation Friday that would enable the year-round sale of E15 fuels at retail gas stations across the nation.

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CWNYC24: Canadian carbon markets brace for shifting political, investment landscape

Published 21:48 on September 27, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:54 on September 28, 2024  / /  Americas, Canada, Carbon Taxes, RINs & LCFS, US

Impending federal elections and investment enthusiasm for carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) are weighing on Canadian emissions trading systems, experts discussed during Climate Week NYC.

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Global consultancy questions rationale of California’s proposed LCFS 15-day rules in restricting low carbon fuel market access

Published 21:08 on September 27, 2024  /  Last updated at 21:08 on September 27, 2024  / /  Americas, RINs & LCFS, US

California ARB’s proposed 15-day notice for its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) draft rules issued last month disproportionately restricts or constrains market access, a webinar heard Thursday, with expectations for credit prices based on potential adjustments to the regulator’s highly anticipated second 15-day notice package.

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CWNYC24: Brazilian J-REDD deal ignored governor’s tainted record, say Indigenous leaders

Published 17:47 on September 27, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:47 on September 27, 2024  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

A buyers’ club for jurisdictional REDD (J-REDD) credits announced a R$1 billion ($180 million) offtake agreement with a Brazilian state at Climate Week NYC despite its government’s ongoing bias toward mining and agribusiness, Indigenous leaders have said.

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EU applies ‘resilience criteria’ to bolster domestic cleantech

Published 17:10 on September 27, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:10 on September 27, 2024  / /  EMEA

The European Commission will apply a 25% cap on sourcing electrolyser stacks from China in the next auction of its Hydrogen Bank, but local content requirements remain controversial, participants heard at the EU’s cleantech summit this week.

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