Carbon management firm to sell Canadian biochar credits, as ArcelorMittal invests in biocarbon company

Published 22:12 on July 5, 2023  /  Last updated at 22:12 on July 5, 2023  / /  Americas, Canada, EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

A Germany-based carbon credit intermediary will sell credits from Canada’s first industrial-scale biochar facility on the voluntary market, while steelmaker ArcelorMittal announced plans to purchase biocarbon from another plans in the country.

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Policymakers significantly undercounting CO2 emissions from global wood harvesting, researchers say

Published 22:03 on July 5, 2023  /  Last updated at 22:03 on July 5, 2023  / /  International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Scientific papers and public policies are not typically counting the substantial contribution of wood harvesting to global carbon emissions, with GHG output set to take off even further through 2050 as timber demand grows, researchers said Wednesday.

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RGGI Market: RGA prices ease as spread trades dominate

Published 22:26 on July 3, 2023  /  Last updated at 22:26 on July 3, 2023  / /  Americas, US

RGGI Allowance prices softened this week amid heavy spread trading and as a major exchange-traded fund drew down RGGI holdings, though some participants noted the market was still holding up well.

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Compliance entities add CCAs and slash RGA holdings, while speculators stay quiet

Published 22:59 on June 30, 2023  /  Last updated at 22:59 on June 30, 2023  / /  Americas, Canada, US

Emitters trimmed their net short position in California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) while depleting their RGGI Allowance (RGA) net length this week, as financial entities did not alter their holdings to a significant degree, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data published Friday.

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California cap-and-trade account backlog continues building in Q2

Published 22:12 on June 30, 2023  /  Last updated at 22:12 on June 30, 2023  / /  Americas, Canada, US

The number of entity accounts pending approval to participate in California’s WCI-linked cap-and-trade system continued to balloon during the second quarter, according to Carbon Pulse analysis of government data published Friday, as more speculators sought physical exposure to the market.

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US Carbon Markets and LCFS Roundup for week ending June 30, 2023

Published 20:52 on June 30, 2023  /  Last updated at 22:50 on June 30, 2023  / /  Americas, Canada, RINs & LCFS, US, Voluntary

A summary of legislative, regulatory, and policy action on carbon, clean fuel standard, and clean energy markets at the US federal and subnational levels this week, including a Maryland climate plan that features an economy-wide cap-and-invest programme, and a California Senate committee advancing two carbon credit related bills.

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Washington Q3 current vintage carbon auction volume remains identical to May sale, but features consigned allowances

Published 20:44 on June 30, 2023  /  Last updated at 22:59 on July 3, 2023  / /  Americas, US

Washington state will offer an identical number of current vintage allowances at the August auction compared with the Q2 sale, according to a notice published Friday, with some of the volume stemming from consigned permits under the cap-and-trade programme.

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RFS Market: RIN prices lift to pre-rulemaking highs amid smaller surplus bank revelation

Published 22:05 on June 29, 2023  /  Last updated at 22:05 on June 29, 2023  / /  Americas, RINs & LCFS, US

US biofuel credit (RIN) values lurched higher in recent days to match levels before the EPA’s publication of final multi-year Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) quotas, as market participants pointed to increased refiner buying and a tighter surplus bank.

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Voluntary carbon firm proposes ‘blended tonne’ combining nature and tech-based removal credits

Published 21:54 on June 29, 2023  /  Last updated at 21:54 on June 29, 2023  / /  Americas, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

A US-based soil carbon project developer has put forth an idea for a new removal credit that combines immediately available nature-based tonnes with engineered technologies that will sequester CO2 at a later point.

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California offset issuances rebound towards 2022 levels through H1, as CCO-0 total jumps

Published 22:14 on June 28, 2023  /  Last updated at 22:14 on June 28, 2023  / /  Americas, Canada, US

California Carbon Offset distributions increased over the past two weeks to climb closer towards 2022 levels at the halfway point of the year, as millions of credits lost their invalidation risk recently, according to government data published Wednesday.

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