US wholesale power prices to rise in 2025 –report

Published 00:11 on January 30, 2025  /  Last updated at 00:11 on January 30, 2025  / and /  Americas, US

A new forecast by a federal US energy agency projects an increase in wholesale power prices in 2025 across most of the regional grids, with affordability emerging as a central issue in North American carbon market states through ongoing rulemaking.

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Canadian university launches guide to financial reporting on natural assets

Published 23:03 on January 29, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:03 on January 29, 2025  / /  Americas, Biodiversity, Canada, Nature-based

A Canadian university is outlining how local governments of all sizes can write nature into their financial reporting, as environmental assets are increasingly recognized as valuable infrastructure.  

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Canada funds satellite observation for biodiversity

Published 23:27 on January 28, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:27 on January 28, 2025  / /  Americas, Biodiversity, Canada

Canada’s federal government is offering up C$5 million ($3.5 mln) to projects aimed at developing space-based solutions for biodiversity protection and restoration across the country.

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CO2 transformed to renewable methane via solar energy -study

Published 18:18 on January 28, 2025  /  Last updated at 18:18 on January 28, 2025  / /  EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

Researchers in Navarra, Spain are using the power of the sun to turn CO2 into methane – a possible substitute for natural gas.

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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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