Industry veteran launches new Houston-based environmental brokerage, consulting firm

Published 00:45 on December 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:45 on December 10, 2024  /  Americas, Bavardage, RINs & LCFS, US, Voluntary

A financial markets veteran has started a new Houston-based brokerage and consulting firm specialising in environmental credit solutions.

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Canadian carbon markets at risk of oversupply -report

Published 00:31 on December 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:31 on December 10, 2024  / /  Americas, Canada, Carbon Taxes

A think tank suggests that Canadian provinces’ large-emitter trading systems would require reform to prevent a credit oversupply which they say could undermine effectiveness of reducing industrial emissions via such market-based mechanisms, in a report published Monday.

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California scraps e-motorcycle sales target mandate

Published 23:47 on December 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:47 on December 9, 2024  / /  Americas, US

California regulator ARB last week shelved its plans to ramp up zero emission motorcycle (ZEM) use in the state by mandating sales targets and imposing stringent rules on internal combustion engine (ICE) counterparts.

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RGGI Market: “Overpriced” RGAs hold more than $1 above Q4 weak auction settlement

Published 23:26 on December 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:26 on December 9, 2024  / /  Americas, US

RGGI Allowances (RGA) in the secondary market reverted up from a heavily discounted permit sale mid-week for the closing quarter of 2024, with traders anticipating further downside and regulatory updates to inform year-end direction.

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US appeals court sides with Kentucky in EPA case over ‘good neighbour’ rules

Published 23:22 on December 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:22 on December 9, 2024  / /  Americas, US

A US Circuit Court delivered a two-pronged win for Kentucky against the US EPA after ruling that the agency’s denial of the state’s pollution control plan violated federal law.

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Gold Standard flags World Bank’s MIGA as its only recognised insurance policy for CORSIA credits

Published 23:03 on December 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:03 on December 9, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, US, Voluntary

Gold Standard on Monday published new guidance on the approval process of its carbon credits for use under the first phase of the CORSIA global aviation offsetting scheme, stating that only projects insured via the World Bank’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) will be deemed eligible.

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VCM Report: CORSIA carbon futures bounce after ICAO formally approves new standard bodies

Published 17:16 on December 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:16 on December 9, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Eligible futures for CORSIA Phase 1 bounced higher on Monday after a late Friday announcement from UN agency ICAO confirmed four new standard bodies have been formally granted eligibility to supply credits to the international aviation offsetting scheme.

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Colombian standard puts first biodiversity credit project out for consultation

Published 11:46 on December 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:46 on December 9, 2024  / /  Americas, Biodiversity, South & Central

A Colombian environmental standard has opened a public consultation on the first conservation project registered under its biodiversity credit programme, planning to certify it next year.

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INTERVIEW: Book-and-claim deals could drive early adoption of low-carbon cement

Published 10:19 on December 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 10:19 on December 9, 2024  / /  Americas, US, Voluntary

Selling low-carbon cement through book-and-claim deals, which separate the emissions savings from the physical product that’s delivered, can help to scale up clean technologies by addressing the problems of geographic constraints and cost premiums, according to a manager at a clean cement developer.

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BRIEFING: Article 6 causing confusion for corporate buyers – but should boost confidence long term

Published 08:55 on December 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 08:55 on December 9, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

The agreement on Article 6 at COP29 last month is raising confusion among corporate carbon credit buyers but it should boost confidence in the market longer term, participants told an industry conference last week.

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