US IRA will fund $2 billion in climate justice grants

Published 20:11 on November 21, 2023  /  Last updated at 20:37 on November 21, 2023  / /  Americas, US

Community-driven programmes to install low- and zero-emission technologies, reduce GHG output, and improve climate resiliency are eligible for $2 billion in grants from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the US EPA announced Tuesday.

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Canada’s $14.6 billion CCUS and clean tech legislation doesn’t close gap with US IRA -experts

Published 22:26 on November 20, 2023  /  Last updated at 22:26 on November 20, 2023  / /  Americas, Canada, US

Both a proponent and an opponent of carbon capture utilisation and sequestration (CCUS) agree that the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will out-incetivise funding for Canadian technology, despite the expected C$20 billion ($14.6 bln) legislation on Tuesday enshrining a CCUS tax credit first announced in 2021.

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PREVIEW: Imminent Brazil ETS vote faces several unresolved issues ahead of COP28

Published 19:33 on November 20, 2023  /  Last updated at 19:33 on November 20, 2023  / /  Americas, South & Central, Voluntary

Brazil’s lower house of Congress will hold a crucial vote on a national Emissions Trading System (ETS) legislation this month amid negotiations over the programme’s managing body, sectoral inclusion, and tax reform, two experts told Carbon Pulse.

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US airline offers SAF and offset credits to passengers

Published 23:03 on November 17, 2023  /  Last updated at 00:22 on November 18, 2023  / /  Americas, Aviation/CORSIA, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

A US airline announced a partnership with with a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) firm offering customers the option to purchase credits against flight emissions, in a press release on Friday.

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Verra wants REDD developers to review provisional baseline validity periods

Published 01:57 on November 17, 2023  /  Last updated at 02:59 on November 17, 2023  / /  Nature-based, Voluntary

A list of 46 countries and their provisional baseline validity periods for Avoiding Unplanned Deforestation (AUD) projects was published by standards body Verra accompanying a Request for Proposals (RFP), and the organisation wants REDD developers to review the new timeframes.

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US chemical carbon conversion company raises $5 million

Published 17:42 on November 16, 2023  /  Last updated at 17:42 on November 16, 2023  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Japan, US

A Washington-based company reducing the carbon intensity of feed, fibers, fuel, and fertiliser by converting recycled CO2 has received $5 million in seed funding from four investors, it announced on Thursday.

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Base Carbon explains $1.7 million loss, outlines road ahead

Published 22:11 on November 15, 2023  /  Last updated at 13:21 on November 16, 2023  / /  Americas, Canada, Nature-based, Voluntary

Toronto-headquartered carbon project developer Base Carbon explained on a Wednesday investor call why it lost $1.7 million in Q3, outlined when the company would become profitable, and detailed its new project in India.

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Brazilian state accredits 14 more entities as REDD+ project developers

Published 16:33 on November 14, 2023  /  Last updated at 16:33 on November 14, 2023  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

Accredited REDD+ developers in an Amazonian Brazilian state have more than doubled after the jurisdiction’s Secretariat for the Environment (SEMA) confirmed that an additional 14 entities were awarded the title of executing agents.

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Producers and speculators trade positions on CCA and RGGI vintages, pick up WCAs

Published 22:41 on November 13, 2023  /  Last updated at 20:55 on November 16, 2023  / /  Americas, Canada, US

Compliance entities in both California Carbon Allowance (CCA) and RGGI Allowance (RGA) markets moved their positions to this year’s vintage as speculators did the opposite, while both groups added to their Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) net length, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data showed Monday.

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Oil major-owned project developer denies deceiving Indigenous people into signing carbon credit contracts

Published 00:34 on November 11, 2023  /  Last updated at 21:00 on November 14, 2023  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

An offset project developer part-owned by a major oil company has denied allegations by a Brazilian investigative news outlet that Indigenous people in the Amazon were deceived into signing carbon credit contracts.

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