Advanced nuclear tailwinds “have never been stronger” -US companies

Published 01:17 on November 21, 2024  /  Last updated at 01:17 on November 21, 2024  / /  Americas, US

Advanced nuclear companies are enjoying tailwinds pushing them toward technology deployment, according to new industry reports published on Wednesday.

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LCFS Market: California lawmaker seeks LCFS repeal citing impact on gas prices

Published 02:21 on November 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 02:21 on November 20, 2024  / /  Americas, RINs & LCFS, US

The Republican Minority Leader of the California state senate announced plans for new bills blocking ARB’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation on Tuesday, pointing to a new study that projected an increase in gas prices beginning 2025 due to recent programme updates introduced in the state.

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BRIEFING: Experts ask Washington to streamline reforestation protocol baselines

Published 00:31 on November 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:31 on November 20, 2024  / /  Americas, Biodiversity, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

Forest offset project experts last week asked the Washington Department of Ecology (ECY) to prioritise streamlining its reforestation protocol, as it is already economically unfeasible.

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CLARIFICATION – US DOE funds $26 mln toward offshore Louisiana CCS project

Published 22:11 on November 18, 2024  /  Last updated at 20:51 on November 19, 2024  / /  Americas, US

A carbon capture and storage (CCS) developer announced on Monday that it received a $26 million grant as part of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) CarbonSAFE Phase III programme, to advance a storage hub in Louisiana state waters.

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BRIEFING: RMI to analyse decarbonisation pathways for EITEs in Washington

Published 02:15 on November 16, 2024  /  Last updated at 02:15 on November 16, 2024  / /  Americas, US

US think tank RMI will be working closely with Emissions Intensive Trade Exposed (EITE) facilities active under Washington state’s cap-and-invest programme, to research viable decarbonisation pathways for various industries.

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CFTC: Investor CCA sentiment sours with regulatory delays, emitters boost overall holdings across North American carbon markets

Published 00:37 on November 16, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:37 on November 16, 2024  / and /  Americas, US

Financial entities axed their net California Carbon Allowance (CCA) holdings into the upcoming Q4 auction and with the delay in highly-anticipated regulatory updates that pulled prices lower this week, while producers built their positions across North American carbon markets, according to data released Friday from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

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BRIEFING: Washington to plan future EITE allowances without WCI linkage considerations

Published 23:56 on November 13, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:56 on November 13, 2024  / /  Americas, US

Washington’s Department of Ecology (ECY) will prepare a number of recommendations for future cap-and-trade allowance distribution to 2050 for its emissions-intensive and trade-exposed (EITE) industries without WCI linkage considerations, staff told an advisory group on Wednesday.

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White House rolls out marine CO2 removal research strategy

Published 01:09 on November 13, 2024  /  Last updated at 01:09 on November 13, 2024  / /  Americas, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

The Biden administration and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released a federal strategy for accelerating marine CO2 removal (mCDR) research on Tuesday.

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Researchers work with Verra to evaluate forest carbon leakage in IFM projects

Published 00:24 on November 12, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:24 on November 12, 2024  / /  Americas, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

Economists and forestry researchers are working with Verra to develop a framework to better account for the full extent of forest carbon leakage in Improved Forest Management (IFM) projects, including the market-based responses of the global timber market.

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Canadian oil sands emissions flatten in 2023 despite production bump -report

Published 23:14 on November 7, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:14 on November 7, 2024  / /  Americas, Canada

Absolute greenhouse gas emissions in Canadian oil sands grew less than 1% for the third year in a row, according to analysis published on Thursday.

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