Brazilian airline, car rental firm face ‘greenwashing’ challenge

Published 22:18 on January 27, 2025  /  Last updated at 22:18 on January 27, 2025  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

A consumer defense group based in Brazil is taking a low-cost airline and a car rental firm to court over alleged greenwashing, a move it calls a first for the country.

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Global energy investment firm scoops US power plant

Published 21:10 on January 24, 2025  /  Last updated at 21:10 on January 24, 2025  / /  Americas, US

A global alternate energy investment firm is adding a Virginia natural gas power plant to its portfolio.

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UK investment firm shrugs off Trump-US climate rollback

Published 23:30 on January 23, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:30 on January 23, 2025  / /  Americas, EMEA, International, US

A London-headquartered investment manager expects recent gutting of US climate policy won’t stop the world from pursuing renewable energy. 

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FEATURE: Canadian carbon tax on the chopping block

Published 23:57 on January 22, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:57 on January 22, 2025  / and /  Americas, Canada, Carbon Taxes

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s exit has raised the stakes for Canada’s carbon policy, leaving market experts questioning what’s ahead after the country’s impending election.

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Alberta agritech firm launches investor bid to support carbon credit programme

Published 23:49 on January 22, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:49 on January 22, 2025  / /  Americas, Canada, Nature-based, Voluntary

An Alberta-based agricultural technology firm is seeking investors to pump up to C$1.5 million (US$1 mln) of capital into scaling its hemp-based carbon credits programme.

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Low-carbon, floating hotel sets sail for Canadian waterfront

Published 23:50 on January 20, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:50 on January 20, 2025  / /  Americas, Canada, Voluntary

A Finnish floating real estate developer is proposing a 250-room, low-carbon hotel on Canada’s most sought after waterfront.

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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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Carbon storage building materials could absorb half of world’s annual CO2 -study

Published 23:16 on January 17, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:16 on January 17, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Nature-based, South & Central, US, Voluntary

Tweaking conventional building materials to absorb CO2 could boost carbon storage capacity to half of the world’s emissions annually, a new scientific study estimated.

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US regulator publishes updated CO2 pipeline rules

Published 23:50 on January 15, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:50 on January 15, 2025  / and /  Americas, US, Voluntary

A new proposal by a US regulator means CO2 pipelines could face new regulatory requirements as the industry prepares for nationwide expansion.

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US biofuels producer closes billion-dollar DOE loan for SAF expansion

Published 23:23 on January 14, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:23 on January 14, 2025  / /  Americas, Aviation/CORSIA, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

A US biofuels producer has closed a more than $1 billion loan with the federal government to expand its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production.

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