Google inks second 100k biochar carbon removal deal
Google signed a second large biochar carbon removal deal Thursday, buying 100,000 tonnes of CO2 through 2030 from a California-based developer.
Read MoreToyota’s US subsidiary settles falsified emissions testing lawsuit for $1.6 bln
A Toyota subsidiary agreed to plead guilty to charges of emissions fraud, resulting in a $1.6 billion settlement, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Political turmoil, US tax incentives threaten Canada’s CFR
The ongoing political transition in Canada and federal biofuels tax credits in the US could jeopardise Canadian clean fuel programmes, panellists at a conference said Thursday.
Read MoreBRIEFING: LCFS changes, harmonisation between programmes top US biofuel industry wish list -panellists
Looking at the year ahead, the biofuels industry will be balancing programmes across different states and federal jurisdictions, with new sustainability guardrails in California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), panellists said at a technical conference in California.
Read MoreUS DOE awards $6 mln towards methane emission reduction technology
Two energy industry companies have been awarded nearly $6 million from the US DOE to scale up technology aimed at reducing methane emissions.
Read MoreUS DOE churns near $14 mln funding for products from chemical, refinery CO2 emissions
The US DOE announced $13.7 million in available federal funding on Thursday to advance CO2 conversion from chemicals production and petroleum refining into usable products, adding to a string of awards since the start of the year.
Read MoreEnvironmental group drops lawsuit over $1 bln DOE loan to California nuclear plant
An environmental group suing the US DOE over a $1 billion loan to a nuclear plant voluntarily dropped the case Wednesday, saying that recent legislation by the state of California rendered the case moot.
Read MoreInaugural $500-mln bond for climate action hugely oversubscribed
An inaugural bond for climate action has raised $500 million from largely EMEA-based investors in a round that was over six times oversubscribed.
Read MoreFEATURE: As US investors quit climate alliances, attention turns to shareholders
US financial institutions say they will stick with their climate commitments despite quitting international net-zero alliances — but the loss of oversight and transparency provided by the alliances puts more pressure on policymakers and shareholders to ensure that promises are fulfilled.
Read MoreIUCN releases guidance to strengthen global OECM network
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released guidance to identify, monitor, and strengthen Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs), stressing the need to ramp up private financing in order to improve their management.
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