Consultants urge Mexican project developers to integrate quality-improving measures at early stages

Published 01:07 on October 4, 2024  /  Last updated at 01:07 on October 4, 2024  / and /  Americas, Mexico, Nature-based, Voluntary

Mexican carbon consultants urged developers Thursday to begin integrating strategies to improve the integrity of carbon credits during the early stages of project development.

Read More

Large-scale Illinois CO2 injection well pauses operations following EPA violation

Published 21:50 on October 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 21:50 on October 2, 2024  / /  Americas, US, Voluntary

A large-scale CO2 well in Illinois has paused injection for two weeks as operators diagnose an underground leak that resulted in a permit violation notice from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in August, according to documents shared with Carbon Pulse.

Read More

Brazil miner teams with European hydrogen company for green steel manufacturing

Published 19:31 on October 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:31 on October 2, 2024  / /  Americas, EMEA, South & Central, Voluntary

A global mining company is partnering with a European hydrogen outfit to develop a green hydrogen production facility in Brazil to be used in the manufacturing of European green steel, the companies announced Tuesday.

Read More

INTERVIEW: Biopropane seeks to scale into key component of energy transition

Published 00:37 on October 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:37 on October 2, 2024  / /  Americas, EMEA, US

Renewable propane, an often overlooked fuel in the energy transition push, has the potential to be a small but key component in helping to scale up renewable fuel supplies while decarbonising an array of end-uses, and one company says it’s working to prove that point.

Read More

US can reach 65% emissions reduction by 2035 with strong subnational support -study

Published 23:40 on September 30, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:40 on September 30, 2024  / /  Americas, RINs & LCFS, US

The US has a pathway to cut emissions by 65% from 2005 levels by 2035 and meet its climate goals under the Paris Agreement if there is an “all-of-society” approach, according to a new study.

Read More

Morgan Stanley IM closes climate private equity fund at $750 mln

Published 19:19 on September 30, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:19 on September 30, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Japan, US, Voluntary

Morgan Stanley Investment Management announced Monday that it closed its climate-targeted private equity fund at $750 million after attracting investments from firms in Europe, North America, and Japan.

Read More

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.

Read More

WCI Markets: WCAs run ahead of CCAs in ARB’s regulatory vacuum

Published 01:37 on September 27, 2024  /  Last updated at 01:37 on September 27, 2024  / and /  Americas, Canada, US

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices in the secondary market traded within a narrow range awaiting regulatory certainty over the week, while Washington Carbon Allowances (WCAs) jumped nearly $5, once again running ahead of WCI allowances this year.

Read More

US-led research group pushes to incorporate ocean warming in social cost of carbon estimates

Published 23:50 on September 26, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:50 on September 26, 2024  / /  Americas, International, US

A group of scientists have launched an effort to adjust estimates of the social cost of greenhouse gasses (SC-GHG) to society by incorporating climate change’s impacts on ocean systems, according to a report released Tuesday.

Read More

Canadian firm to expand cookstove distribution in Africa under new deal

Published 21:16 on September 26, 2024  /  Last updated at 21:16 on September 26, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Canada, EMEA, Voluntary

A carbon credit company has inked a deal with a London-based financial firm for the distribution of low-emission cookstoves throughout Africa, according to a Thursday announcement.

Read More