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Read MoreInternational prop trading firm sees European, Asian carbon desks emptied
An international proprietary trading firm has seen its European and Asian carbon desks emptied, Carbon Pulse has learned.
Read MoreUS Forest Service defends timber targets in lawsuit for ignoring carbon emissions from logging
The US Forest Service, responsible for stewardship of public forest acreage, defended its timber targets as part of its process to secure funding from Congress, and thus not subject to federal environmental law, in recent updates to a lawsuit filed by environmental groups against the agency.
Read MoreCanadian CDR firm, academics to soon initiate new ocean alkalinity enhancement field trial
A Canada-based CO2 removal (CDR) company and researchers from a Nova Scotian university are set to initiate a field experiment this month in Halifax Harbour to test ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) as a means of marine CDR.
Read MoreFew stakeholders back California ARB’s proposed changes to utility and industrial allocation, warn of rate increases
Stakeholders pushed back on the California regulator’s proposals to trim utility and industrial allocation, force consignment of free allowances, and place limits on permit revenue usage, which would raise utility costs for consumers, in feedback submitted in response to ARB’s cap-and-trade May workshop.
Read MoreFreshwater wetland CO2 sinks need a place in blue carbon methodologies -consultant
Freshwater wetlands must be included in voluntary carbon market (VCM) methodologies to protect at-risk areas and leverage their outsized carbon sequestration potential, according to a Chilean environmental consultant speaking to Carbon Pulse on the sidelines of the Latin America Climate Summit in Cartagena last week.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Closing the CBAM scrap loophole – A critical move for climate & competitiveness
The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) currently fails to equally apply carbon costs to imported aluminium products, allowing re-melted aluminium to bypass these costs and undermining the competitiveness of European aluminium recyclers, but there is still time for the bloc’s decision-makers to close this loophole.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Montreal Protocol negotiators seek private sector help to destroy ozone-depleting substances
Private companies are needed to help destroy ozone-depleting substances (ODS) but should align closely with multilateral governance bodies, a Finnish negotiator under the Montreal Protocol told Carbon Pulse, noting that Finland does not have an official position on the voluntary carbon market (VCM) specifically, as countries prepare to meet next week.
Read MoreEU’s upcoming definition of ‘waste heat’ reopens ETS controversy
An upcoming European Commission guidance document designed to help the 27 EU member states interpret the legal definition of ‘waste heat’ is likely to create some conflict when released later this month, as the waste incineration sector recently entered the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS).
Read MoreLabour win set to advance UK’s climate standing on world stage
The UK looks set to slide up the climate action charts following the landslide win for the left-leaning Labour Party in the general election, with manifesto pledges including increases to renewable energy and halting new fossil fuel developments.
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