RGGI Market: RGAs rocket up 10% WoW on back of sustained volumes, depleted CCR

Published 22:25 on March 24, 2025  /  Last updated at 22:25 on March 24, 2025  / /  Americas, US

RGGI allowance (RGA) prices rocketed up over 10% week-on-week last week due to strong buying interest in light of the depletion of the Cost Containment Reserve (CCR) at the Q1 auction earlier this month, traders said.

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California transportation fuel emissions nudge down in 2024, despite December diesel rise

Published 20:10 on March 22, 2025  /  Last updated at 20:10 on March 22, 2025  / /  Americas, Canada, US

Transporation fuel emissions in California nudged down just over 1% year-on-year (YoY) in 2024, even as diesel consumption increased in December, state data published Friday showed.

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CFTC: Investors add record V26 CCA length, producers reduce RGGI exposure

Published 00:34 on March 22, 2025  /  Last updated at 00:34 on March 22, 2025  / and /  Americas, Canada, RINs & LCFS, US

Investors built their V26 California Carbon Allowance (CCA) net length while cutting more V25s, and producers pulled back their RGGI Allowance (RGA) exposure, according to latest weekly data released Friday by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

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Slight drop to available allowances at Q2 WCI auction

Published 20:22 on March 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 20:47 on March 21, 2025  / /  Americas, Canada, US

The California-Quebec joint WCI auction in May will offer a lower volume of allowances in the second quarterly sale of 2025 than it did in the first, according to a Friday notice from California regulator ARB.

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WCI Markets: CCAs retreat amidst ARB uncertainty, WCA market tightens

Published 00:03 on March 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 00:03 on March 21, 2025  / and /  Americas, Canada, US

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices slipped from an early week bump as the market once again faced rulemaking delay-induced uncertainty, while Washington Carbon Allowances (WCAs) rose amidst ongoing tightness, traders said.

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Cleaner US manufacturing advantaged in more carbon-conscious world of trade -report

Published 22:12 on March 19, 2025  /  Last updated at 22:12 on March 19, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Carbon Taxes, CBAM, EMEA, US

US manufacturers are two times more carbon efficient than the world average, and are well-positioned to take advantage of an increasingly emissions-conscious world trade environment, according to a report.

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Global shipping stakeholders not expecting major breakthroughs at IMO’s April meeting

Published 21:50 on March 19, 2025  /  Last updated at 21:50 on March 19, 2025  / and /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Carbon Taxes, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Shipping

An upcoming meeting at the UN’s International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) is expected to yield small incremental gains rather than a finalised set of policies, said several industry stakeholders.

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EXCLUSIVE: Amazon launches carbon credit service for suppliers, companies

Published 13:00 on March 19, 2025  /  Last updated at 01:46 on March 20, 2025  / /  Americas, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

US-based tech giant Amazon has implemented a carbon crediting service to provide access to nature-based solutions and carbon removal (CDR) technology credits for qualified suppliers and companies, as the firm looks to support scaling the voluntary carbon market (VCM), a senior representative told Carbon Pulse in an exclusive interview ahead of the launch Wednesday.

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Dominican Republic receives $85 mln for energy transition, envisions crediting

Published 22:33 on March 18, 2025  /  Last updated at 22:33 on March 18, 2025  / /  Americas, South & Central, Voluntary

A multilateral investment fund unveiled recently a $85 million investment plan aimed at transforming the energy infrastructure of the Dominican Republican and generating transition carbon credits.

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Carbon offsets platform invests $1 mln into California biochar firm

Published 05:02 on March 16, 2025  /  Last updated at 15:13 on March 16, 2025  / /  Americas, US, Voluntary

A California-based carbon offsetting platform has investment $1 million into a Santa Rosa-headquartered biochar firm, it announced Friday.

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