California issues 140k non-DEBs offsets, totals remain nearly 70% lower YoY

Published 23:54 on April 22, 2026 / Last updated at 23:54 on April 22, 2026 / / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, US & Canada)

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California issued more than 140,000 compliance-grade offsets over the last two weeks to mine methane capture (MMC) and livestock projects, as total issuances remained nearly 70% lower year-on-year (YoY), according to data published on Wednesday.

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RGGI Market: RGAs reach all-time high above $30

Published 23:01 on April 20, 2026 / Last updated at 23:01 on April 20, 2026 / / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, US & Canada)

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RGGI Allowance (RGA) futures reached record highs above the $30 mark on Monday as some traders pointed to tightness of supply and demand as the factor driving prices to historic levels recently.

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BRIEFING: Colombia’s troubled national carbon registry haunts regulatory efforts

Published 17:16 on April 20, 2026 / Last updated at 21:22 on April 22, 2026 / / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, LATAM & Caribbean), Insights (Briefings), International (Paris Article 6/PACM), Voluntary (VCM Governance)

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Limits to Colombia’s national carbon project registry (RENARE) are stunting progress toward launching the national ETS (Spanish: PNCTE), inhibiting voluntary market (VCM) regulation, and necessitating Article 6 workarounds, speakers said at the Colombia Carbon Forum last week.

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CFTC: Producers build CCAs, extend RGA net short

Published 23:07 on April 17, 2026 / Last updated at 23:07 on April 17, 2026 / / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, US & Canada)

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Producers built California Carbon Allowance (CCA) net length through V27 holdings while extending their net short in RGGI Allowances (RGAs), per the latest data release from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

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Coalition launches legal challenge against Oregon’s GHG trading programme

Published 19:34 on April 17, 2026 / Last updated at 19:34 on April 17, 2026 / / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, US & Canada), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Transport & Heating Fuels)

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A coalition of Oregon industry, business, and labour groups on Thursday launched a legal challenge against the state’s GHG trading programme, arguing such a policy should be legislatively approved and that it imposes disproportionate cost burdens.

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Price volatility for Colombian carbon credits to rise in the near term, says trader

Published 12:50 on April 17, 2026 / Last updated at 12:50 on April 17, 2026 / / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, LATAM & Caribbean), Net Zero Transition (Power/Electrification), Voluntary (VCM Developments, VCM Governance)

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Colombia’s supply of carbon credits faces several near-term factors that will generate price volatility, according to a senior carbon trader at majority state-owned oil firm Ecopetrol.

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UPDATE – WCI Markets: CCAs grind lower after release of 15-day notice

Published 22:51 on April 16, 2026 / Last updated at 18:11 on April 17, 2026 / / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, US & Canada)

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California Carbon Allowance (CCA) futures continued to dip following the release of a 15-day notice of proposed programme updates earlier this week, which traders said adds to the uncertainty surrounding the market via changes to the Manufacturing Decarbonization Incentive (MDI) mechanism.

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Washington linkage with California-Quebec aligns with state climate law, draft ECY analysis finds

Published 23:22 on April 15, 2026 / Last updated at 23:22 on April 15, 2026 / / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, US & Canada)

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Washington’s proposed linkage with the California-Quebec carbon market aligns with the former’s state climate law, as it could subdue allowance prices and minimally shift overall emissions, according to a draft analysis published Wednesday.

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UPDATE – California releases 15-day notice on updated proposed ETS reforms

Published 20:48 on April 14, 2026 / Last updated at 11:50 on April 15, 2026 / / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, US & Canada)

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California regulator ARB released on Tuesday a 15-day notice containing updated proposed reforms to the state’s Cap-and-Invest Program for public comment.

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Asia, Latin America drive 2025 global carbon market growth, report finds

Published 16:30 on April 14, 2026 / Last updated at 15:55 on April 17, 2026 / and / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes, Pacific), EMEA (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe), International (Paris Article 6/PACM, UN Climate Talks)

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Global carbon market coverage and revenues climbed to fresh highs last year as emissions trading systems (ETSs) continued to spread and deepen across major economies, according to the 2026 status report from the International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP).

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