ACR resumes Canadian ODS project activity after affirming additionality

Published 21:14 on July 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 21:14 on July 10, 2024  / /  Americas, Canada, Climate Talks, International, Voluntary

Carbon registry ACR said Monday that it has resumed project activities related to its Canadian ozone-depleting substances (ODS) methodology after its investigation found the framework remains additional in light of a recent federal offset protocol and other regulations.

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Alberta signs province’s first carbon sequestration agreement with oil major, energy firm

Published 23:14 on July 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:14 on July 9, 2024  / /  Americas, Canada, Voluntary

The government of Alberta signed Monday a carbon sequestration agreement with the Canadian subsidiary of oil major Shell and a global energy firm, as the province continues its efforts to expand carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS).

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WCI compliance instrument surplus grows faster in Q2

Published 01:54 on July 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 01:54 on July 9, 2024  / /  Americas, Canada, US

The WCI compliance instrument surplus continued to build in Q2 as the market marches forward towards the November deadline for true up obligations in the California-Quebec joint carbon market, government data published Friday showed.

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Biden administration targetting December for draft US EPA rules on existing natural gas facilities

Published 01:09 on July 8, 2024  /  Last updated at 01:09 on July 8, 2024  / /  Americas, Nature-based, RINs & LCFS, US, Voluntary

US President Joe Biden’s administration is targeting the end of the year for the issuance of highly anticipated draft emissions standards for existing natural gas-fired power plants, according to a biannual regulatory agenda published late Friday that also provided expected timelines on a litany of other planned environmental regulations.

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Canadian CDR firm, academics to soon initiate new ocean alkalinity enhancement field trial

Published 22:11 on July 5, 2024  /  Last updated at 03:36 on July 8, 2024  / /  Americas, Canada, Voluntary

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.

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American Airlines looks to SAF first for CORSIA compliance, British Airways to raise prices to cover CO2 costs

Published 19:22 on July 4, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:22 on July 4, 2024  / /  Americas, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, US, Voluntary

American Airlines will prioritise sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to fulfill its obligations under UN’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) but also expects to use carbon offsets, according to its 2023 sustainability report, while the Financial Times (FT) reported Wednesday that British Airways will raise its prices to cover the cost of reducing its CO2 emissions.

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Voluntary carbon trading platform pushes back auction of 1.5 mln Article 6 credits from Malawi cookstoves

Published 19:21 on July 4, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:21 on July 4, 2024  / /  Africa, EMEA, International, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

A voluntary carbon trading platform has delayed its sale to July 16 of 1.5 million Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) at a minimum of $10 each generated by clean cooking projects in Malawi, according to a Wednesday press release.

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Oregon releases draft CI model updates for state Clean Fuels Program

Published 23:33 on July 3, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:33 on July 3, 2024  / /  Americas, RINs & LCFS, US

Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) released Wednesday a series of draft updates to the state’s Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Technologies (OR-GREET) model used to assess carbon intensity (CI) for the Oregon Clean Fuels Program (OCFP), ahead of a workshop next week to discuss proposed programme changes.

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Rising temperatures, increased wildfires signal shifting US climate -report

Published 23:34 on July 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:34 on July 2, 2024  / /  Americas, US

Rising temperatures and a higher rate of wildfires are among the litany of symptoms of evolving climate patterns in the US, according to the fifth edition of a report published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on climate change indicators.

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ACR unveils updates to US IFM carbon offset protocol aimed at baseline precision

Published 18:17 on July 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:17 on July 2, 2024  / /  Americas, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

International registry ACR unveiled Tuesday a series of updates in Version 2.1 of its Improved Forest Management (IFM) on Non-Federal US Forestlands methodology that it said increased the precision of its requirements for developing and evaluating conservative baseline scenarios.

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