NHL’s Penguins buy Pennsylvania, West Virginia forest credits for $27-50/t

Published 13:52 on April 21, 2026 / Last updated at 13:52 on April 21, 2026 / Americas (US & Canada), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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The Pittsburgh Penguins professional ice hockey team has retired more than 12,500 tonnes of carbon credits sourced from local forest conservation projects in the US northeast.

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Report calls for stronger carbon, nature markets to mobilise capital towards bioeconomy

Published 12:38 on April 21, 2026 / Last updated at 12:38 on April 21, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Nature & Biodiversity (Corporate, Markets)

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The world’s largest asset owners can accelerate the transition towards the bioeconomy, though steps must be taken to ensure capital flows at scale through carbon and nature markets, according to a UK-headquartered investor.

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UK looks to delink electricity prices from gas as consumer bills soar

Published 11:51 on April 21, 2026 / Last updated at 13:45 on April 21, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Net Zero Transition (Power/Electrification)

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The UK is implementing measures to break the link between spiking gas prices and renewable energy that has left industry paying the highest price for electricity in the developed world.

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INTERVIEW: How data centres can help to squeeze the expense of direct air capture

Published 10:06 on April 21, 2026 / Last updated at 10:06 on April 21, 2026 / / Americas (US & Canada), CO2 Management (CCUS, Engineered Removals), EMEA (Europe), Insights (Interviews), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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A developer of solid-state modules says it can reduce the cost of direct air capture (DAC) to $150 per tonne of CO2 by making use of existing airflows and waste heat at data centres.

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Global solar surge halted growth of fossil power in 2025 -report

Published 00:01 on April 21, 2026 / Last updated at 12:47 on April 10, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Net Zero Transition (Power/Electrification)

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Solar and wind met almost all electricity demand growth last year, while fossil generation stayed flat, according to the latest report by an energy think tank.

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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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Forest-based BECCS likely to raise emissions for decades -study

Published 22:08 on April 20, 2026 / Last updated at 22:08 on April 20, 2026 / / Americas (US & Canada), CO2 Management (CCUS, Engineered Removals), EMEA (Europe), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry), Net Zero Transition (Power/Electrification)

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Burning wood for carbon capture projects is unlikely to deliver net carbon removals for up to 150 years, with emissions in one modelled scenario remaining more than double those of natural gas with CCS over that period, new research found.

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New carbon finance company secures $50 mln to scale Kenya agroforestry project

Published 20:36 on April 20, 2026 / Last updated at 20:36 on April 20, 2026 / / Americas (US & Canada), EMEA (Africa), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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A new carbon finance company launched on Monday said it secured over $50 million to expand a Kenya-based agroforestry carbon project, pitching early-stage funding as a way to unlock stalled projects and draw in institutional capital.

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VCM Report: CORSIA prices strengthen, Indonesia opens up to international carbon market after three years

Published 19:09 on April 20, 2026 / Last updated at 19:10 on April 20, 2026 / and / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), CO2 Management (CCUS, Engineered Removals), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Insights (VCM Reports), International (Aviation/CORSIA), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS), Voluntary (VCM Developments, VCM Governance)

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Spot credits for Phase 1 of CORSIA traded around $14 this week, while the ending of Indonesia’s moratorium on selling voluntary carbon units internationally looks set to unleash a flood of fresh REDD issuances onto the market. 

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SCOTUS hands oil companies win in Louisiana coastal lawsuits over historic oil activity

Published 17:44 on April 20, 2026 / Last updated at 17:44 on April 20, 2026 / / Americas (US & Canada), Net Zero Transition (Litigation)

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The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) on Friday handed oil companies a boost in their fight with Louisiana officials over coastal damage costs, siding with Chevron in a case that could shape similar claims against other oil and gas players, including Exxon Mobil.

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