ICE US announces new North American clean fuels futures and options contracts

Published 01:31 on January 28, 2025  /  Last updated at 01:31 on January 28, 2025  / /  Americas, Canada, International, RINs & LCFS, US

Exchange operator ICE Futures US announced new low carbon fuel futures and options contracts starting next month.

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Pennsylvania GOP take another shot at RGGI repeal in 2025

Published 19:30 on January 27, 2025  /  Last updated at 19:30 on January 27, 2025  / /  Americas, US

Senate Republicans in Pennsylvania reintroduced legislation Friday to repeal RGGI regulation as part of the new 2025-26 legislative session.

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Canada’s CFR alternate compliance credit prices for 2024 face as much as 2.2% inflation

Published 01:07 on January 25, 2025  /  Last updated at 01:07 on January 25, 2025  / /  Americas, Canada, RINs & LCFS

Credit prices used towards alternate compliance options in Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR) programme for 2024 increased 2.2% compared to last year, according to a notice from the environment ministry on Friday.

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CFTC: Investors reroute to V26 CCAs on ARB rulemaking hiccups, derisk across US carbon markets

Published 00:51 on January 25, 2025  /  Last updated at 00:51 on January 25, 2025  / , , and /  Americas, Canada, RINs & LCFS, US

Financial entities moved focus to V26 California Carbon Allowances (CCA), while continuing to derisk across V25 CCAs, RGGI Allowances (RGA), Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LFS), and Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) holdings as credit prices in the secondary market weakened, latest figures from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed Friday.

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WCI Markets: CCAs still shaky over ARB’s ‘bungled’ rulemaking

Published 01:50 on January 24, 2025  /  Last updated at 01:50 on January 24, 2025  / , and /  Americas, Canada, US

Weakness and volatility extended for a second week in California Carbon Allowances (CCA) in the secondary market in the aftermath of ARB’s ‘bungled’ delay to rulemaking, while traders ratcheted up further dated Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) purchases.

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US agency guidance limits federal funding halt to climate initiatives

Published 00:55 on January 23, 2025  /  Last updated at 00:55 on January 23, 2025  / /  Americas, US

The White House issued further guidance on executive actions from the new US administration, which halted the disbursement of funds appropriated under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, among other policies affecting the direction of environmental policy.

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RGGI Market: Frigid weather fuels RGA brief rebound, risks ahead

Published 23:54 on January 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:54 on January 21, 2025  / /  Americas, US

RGGI allowances (RGAs) in the secondary market stepped higher all through last week as a cold spell blanketed the US Northeast, but traders expect near-term headwinds ahead for prices.

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CFTC: Investors trim exposure in CCAs, RGGI, LCFS markets

Published 03:15 on January 18, 2025  /  Last updated at 20:14 on January 18, 2025  / , , and /  Americas, Canada, US

Financial entities reduced net length in V25 California Carbon Allowances (CCA), RGGI Allowances (RGA), and Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LFS) futures and options as volatility spiked in the secondary market, according to data from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday, which also revealed a bearish picture for the group’s Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) vintage 2025 holdings for the first time.

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WCI Markets: Aftershocks of ETS rulemaking delay keep CCA volatility high

Published 05:04 on January 17, 2025  /  Last updated at 05:15 on January 17, 2025  / , and /  Americas, Canada, US

Another delay to highly anticipated cap-and-trade rulemaking jolted California Carbon Allowances (CCA) prices in the secondary market briefly to near three-year lows on Tuesday, with volatility driving up option prices.

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US DOE churns near $14 mln funding for products from chemical, refinery CO2 emissions

Published 21:31 on January 16, 2025  /  Last updated at 21:31 on January 16, 2025  / /  Americas, US, Voluntary

The US DOE announced $13.7 million in available federal funding on Thursday to advance CO2 conversion from chemicals production and petroleum refining into usable products, adding to a string of awards since the start of the year.

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