Florida biochar company files for bankruptcy protection
A Florida-based company specialising in converting green waste into biochar-rich products has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to court documents.
Read MoreBrazil issues decree for Indigenous, traditional access to public forests
An interministerial decree in Brazil released this week seeks to regularise access to undesignated federal public forests in the Legal Amazon for Indigenous and traditional communities.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Energy transition payments make fertile ground for carbon pricing
The $5.2 billion Clean Technology Fund (CTF) is helping to sensitise developing country governments to carbon pricing by supporting energy transition finance and programming, according to an executive at the organisation.
Read MoreRepublican state AGs, industry challenge New York’s Climate Superfund Act
A group of 22 Republican state attorneys general (AGs) and industry groups are challenging in federal court New York’s recently signed “Climate Superfund” law that targets fossil fuel firms.
Read MoreCFTC: Compliance slashes RGGI exposure, investors brave CCA price slump
Producers took a drastic haircut to their RGGI Allowance (RGA) long holdings, while investors raised California Carbon Allowance (CCA) net length even as prices faltered over the week, latest figures from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed Friday.
Read MoreBrazilian state signs carbon credits MoU with environmental services firm
A small Brazilian state signed an MoU on Friday with a Sao Paulo-based environmental services firm that entails a carbon project the pair said could be worth more than R$300 million ($51.7 mln).
Read MoreNew US EPA petitions federal courts to pause lawsuits against power plant standards
The newly installed administrator at the US EPA moved the courts to hold all consolidated litigation against former President Joe Biden’s power plant emissions standards for 60 days, buying time for the new administration to review the underlying rule.
Read MoreMajor US nature study cancelled via executive order to bolster the energy industry
A major US-wide nature study has been cancelled amidst the deletion of multiple environmental government sites through a recent executive order (EO) by President Donald Trump aimed at boosting energy production.
Read MoreBECCS, DAC small factor in net-zero Canada -report
New projections by a federal regulator suggest carbon capture technologies like bioenergy power generation with carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (BECSS), and direct air capture (DAC) aren’t yet ready to play a major role in Canada’s net-zero future.
Read MoreCalifornia senator makes another attempt to set ground rules for CDR
A California senator introduced a CO2 removal (CDR) bill on Wednesday, the second attempt by the lawmaker to prescribe rules surrounding CDR development in the state in recent years.
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