Brazil’s Amazonas seeks REDD+ applications from conservation units, Tocantins sets timeline for certifying jurisdictional credits

Published 17:30 on June 7, 2023  /  Last updated at 17:30 on June 7, 2023  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

Brazil’s Amazonas state has called on public conservation units to submit applications to create carbon credits from avoided deforestation projects, while Tocantins state formalised its previously-announced deal with commodity trader Mercuria to certify hundreds of millions of jurisdictional REDD+ units.

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Xpansiv introduces tradable certificate for voluntary LCFS programme

Published 22:24 on June 6, 2023  /  Last updated at 22:24 on June 6, 2023  / /  Americas, RINs & LCFS, US, Voluntary

ESG marketplace Xpansiv on Tuesday launched a renewable fuel certificate that ethanol producers can generate under a new voluntary low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) programme modelled after California’s scheme.

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Carbon mineralisation firm attracts $3.3 mln for pilot injection site

Published 22:19 on June 6, 2023  /  Last updated at 22:19 on June 6, 2023  / /  Africa, Americas, US, Voluntary

A New York-based startup has netted $3.3 mln to demonstrate the company’s carbon mineralisation technology in Africa, having already pre-sold credits to a removals buyers’ club.

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Bio-oil project developer collects $100 mln to accelerate carbon removal deliveries

Published 15:02 on June 6, 2023  /  Last updated at 15:12 on June 6, 2023  / /  Americas, US, Voluntary

A California-based startup on Tuesday announced a $100 mln fundraise that it will utilise to speed up deliveries of carbon removals from bio-oil sequestration.

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Virginia regulatory official recommends lower cost for reinstated Dominion RGGI Rider

Published 20:34 on June 5, 2023  /  Last updated at 20:34 on June 5, 2023  / /  Americas, US

The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) should adjust down the total cost for a Dominion Energy subsidiary to purchase tens of millions of RGGI Allowances (RGAs) before the jurisdiction leaves the power sector carbon market at year-end, a hearing examiner wrote last week.

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RFS Market: RINs sink to 1-yr lows as traders await final biofuel quotas

Published 20:14 on June 5, 2023  /  Last updated at 20:35 on June 5, 2023  / /  Americas, RINs & LCFS, US

US biofuel credit (RIN) values sagged to levels not seen in over a year on Monday as traders pointed to the impending finalisation of multi-year Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) quotas and a continued influx of renewable diesel (RD) production.

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California cap-and-trade review bill falters, anti-greenwashing and climate disclosure proposals move forward

Published 14:27 on June 2, 2023  /  Last updated at 14:27 on June 2, 2023  / /  Americas, Canada, US, Voluntary

A bill designed to inform California’s forthcoming review of its WCI-linked cap-and-trade regulation was held on Thursday, while a suite of voluntary carbon offset and climate disclosure bills in the Golden State sailed through their first floor votes this week.

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ExxonMobil to bury 800k tonnes of CO2/yr from US steel producer

Published 21:23 on June 1, 2023  /  Last updated at 21:23 on June 1, 2023  / /  Americas, US

Oil major ExxonMobil on Thursday announced a carbon capture and storage (CCS) deal to bury 800,000 tonnes of CO2e annually from a US steelmaker.

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Companies that use carbon credits twice as successful at GHG abatement -report

Published 21:19 on June 1, 2023  /  Last updated at 01:40 on June 2, 2023  / /  Voluntary

Corporations that are “material” users of carbon credits have slashed their emissions twice as fast as companies that have not made such purchases, a research firm said in a report published Thursday.

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LCFS Market: California prices inch down before PG&E sale, as financials halt net length build

Published 20:32 on May 31, 2023  /  Last updated at 20:32 on May 31, 2023  / /  Americas, RINs & LCFS, US

California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) prices dipped slightly this week after utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) announced its largest credit auction yet, while federal data showed financial players made a rare cut in their futures market net length.

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