BRIEFING: ‘Directionality’ of VCM integrity efforts is positive, experts say 

Published 01:45 on March 7, 2025  /  Last updated at 01:45 on March 7, 2025  / and /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Efforts to improve quality in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) are showing positive “directionality” even as they remain a work in progress, experts said at a webinar Thursday.

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Minnesota considers SAF credit boost, extension

Published 23:30 on March 5, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:30 on March 5, 2025  / /  Americas, Aviation/CORSIA, RINs & LCFS, US

Minnesota could boost its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) tax credit by millions of dollars and extend eligibility by five years.

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Canadian CDR advocates call for expansion amid US policy gap, trade war

Published 23:16 on March 4, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:16 on March 4, 2025  / and /  Americas, Canada, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

Canada must seize opportunities to build its carbon removal sector in the wake of a US climate policy gap and trade war, stakeholders say.

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Canada launches offset protocol for reducing manure methane emissions

Published 23:03 on March 3, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:03 on March 3, 2025  / /  Americas, Canada, Nature-based, Voluntary

Canadian farmers looking to reduce their emissions through manure treatment, such as anaerobic digestion and capture, could soon capitalise on offset credits under a new federal policy.

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Alberta predicts first budget deficit since 2021 amid US tariff uncertainty, TIER revenues tank

Published 01:11 on March 1, 2025  /  Last updated at 01:13 on March 1, 2025  / /  Americas, Canada, US, Voluntary

Canada’s provincial energy powerhouse is taking no chances on potential US energy tariffs with a new budget that leaves room for their implementation, though revenues from its carbon market are forecasted to take a roughly 50% hit.

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ANALYSIS: Trump’s tariffs threaten US-Canada energy ties

Published 00:24 on March 1, 2025  /  Last updated at 16:18 on March 3, 2025  / and /  Americas, Canada, US

Impending tariffs by President Donald Trump threaten to clamp the nation’s arterial energy relationship with Canada, potentially plunging the US’s closely tied Northeast energy markets into uncertainty and leaving the northern neighbour to calibrate its response. 

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Canada’s CDR procurement plan needs to be more ambitious, flexible to succeed, stakeholders warn

Published 23:20 on February 27, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:20 on February 27, 2025  / /  Americas, Canada, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

The Canadian government’s new pilot scheme for procuring CO2 removal (CDR) services has drawn mixed reactions from industry stakeholders, who say the programme must be more ambitious and flexible to position the country as a global leader in the sector.

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Investors keen to grow nature conservation investment in Canada

Published 22:26 on February 25, 2025  /  Last updated at 22:26 on February 25, 2025  / /  Americas, Biodiversity, Canada, Nature-based

Investors are keen to grow their portfolios with nature conservation investment in Canada, according to a new report which seeks to benchmark progress of the country’s nature finance market.

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Canadian net zero nickel pilot plant inches closer to development with federal funding

Published 20:47 on February 13, 2025  /  Last updated at 20:47 on February 13, 2025  / /  Americas, Canada, Voluntary

A Canadian company with sights set on developing net-zero nickel to power the EV revolution has won more than C$3 million ($2.4 mln) in federal funding for a pilot plant.

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Millions in forest conversion offsets propel ARB issuance to record, few provide benefits to California

Published 19:54 on February 13, 2025  /  Last updated at 19:54 on February 13, 2025  / and /  Americas, Canada, US

California regulator ARB granted 3.6 million California Carbon Offsets (CCOs) to an avoided conversion forest project, which took their bi-weekly issuance to all-time highs, but only a small percentage were tagged with direct environmental benefits (DEBs) to the state, data published Wednesday showed.

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