Canada publishes new proposed environmental claims guidelines

Published 00:17 on December 24, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:17 on December 24, 2024  / /  Americas, Canada, Voluntary

The Canadian government published Monday new proposed guidelines intended to help businesses determine whether their environmental claims are compliant with national law.

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RGGI Market: RGAs hold above $23 ahead as holiday lull starts to set in

Published 23:12 on December 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:12 on December 23, 2024  / /  Americas, US

RGGI allowances (RGAs) continued to hold above the $23 threshold as market activity dampened heading into the holiday season.

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California power emissions drop in November as renewables and natural gas recede, imports climb

Published 19:27 on December 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:27 on December 23, 2024  / /  Americas, Canada, US

California electricity sector emissions fell year-on-year (YoY) in November as the share of generation from renewables and natural gas decreased while imports increased, data published Thursday by the state’s grid operator showed.

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New Mexico releases draft rules for clean transportation fuel programme

Published 00:16 on December 21, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:16 on December 21, 2024  / /  Americas, RINs & LCFS, US

The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) released Thursday a discussion draft of its future Clean Transportation Fuel Standard (CTFS), inviting public comments until mid-January.

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WCI Q1 auction sees allowances drop after Q4 rise

Published 22:27 on December 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 22:27 on December 20, 2024  / /  Americas, Canada, US

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

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US pledges new 2035 emissions reduction NDC target

Published 14:03 on December 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:01 on December 19, 2024  / , and /  Americas, International, Paris Article 6, US, Voluntary

The White House released plans Thursday to reduce economy-wide emissions 61-66% by 2035 as part of its updated nationally determined contribution (NDC), in accordance with the Paris Agreement.

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Brazilian state, national development bank launch $9.5 mln notice for Atlantic Forest restoration

Published 05:54 on December 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 05:54 on December 19, 2024  / /  Americas, Biodiversity, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

A Brazilian state and the country’s national development bank announced Wednesday the launch of a public notice of up to R$60 million ($9.5 mln) to support about 30 local ecological restoration projects in the Atlantic Forest biome.

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Verra releases provisional allocated deforestation risk maps for revamped REDD methodologies

Published 23:06 on December 18, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:06 on December 18, 2024  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

The international carbon standard released Wednesday provisional versions of allocated deforestation risks maps for three Brazilian states within recently revamped REDD methodologies under its Verified Carbon Standard (VCS).

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US DOE loan office should suspend financing pending reform -watchdog

Published 18:35 on December 18, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:35 on December 18, 2024  / /  Americas, US, Voluntary

The US DOE’s loan office should suspend all loan and loan guarantee packages until it can ensure that its contracts are in compliance with conflict-of-interest regulations, a report published Tuesday by the agency’s watchdog said.

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Brazil ETS gets final presidential approval

Published 16:29 on December 12, 2024  /  Last updated at 21:25 on December 12, 2024  / and /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

Brazil’s long-awaited emissions trading system (SBCE) legislation has been sanctioned by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, appearing in the Official Gazette of the Union (DOU) on Thursday.

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