V25 credits settle below $10 in first round of 2026 auction for Colorado manufacturing GHG trading programme

Published 18:39 on June 19, 2026 / Last updated at 18:39 on June 19, 2026 / / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, US & Canada), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation)

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V25 credits settled at below $10 in the first round of the 2026 auction under Colorado’s carbon trading programme for manufacturing facilities, less than half of the previous year’s initial result, according to a state notice.

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Trump administration reaches deal to redirect $765 mln from offshore wind leases to gas, geothermal

Published 17:33 on June 19, 2026 / Last updated at 17:33 on June 19, 2026 / / Americas (US & Canada), Net Zero Transition (Litigation, Power/Electrification)

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Four federal offshore wind leases would be voluntarily terminated and $765 million redirected towards gas-fired power plants and geothermal generation under a settlement announced recently by the US Department of the Interior (DOI).

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BRIEFING: AI data centres’ gas rush tests whether power demand can become flexible

Published 16:49 on June 19, 2026 / Last updated at 16:49 on June 19, 2026 / / Americas (US & Canada), Insights (Briefings), Net Zero Transition (Power/Electrification)

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US grid regulators and a federal court are being pulled into a fight over how AI data centres power their operations, as reliability demands push developers toward private gas-fired generation and raise questions over whether some workloads can be shifted before emissions are locked in.

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Costa Rica to receive LEAF Coalition’s first-ever funding disbursement

Published 14:54 on June 19, 2026 / Last updated at 14:54 on June 19, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), EMEA (Europe), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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Costa Rica will soon receive funds from the LEAF Coalition public-private buyers’ club, becoming the first country in the world to receive results-based forest carbon finance through this programme.

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BRIEFING: Draft EU CBAM rules “onerous” in practice for foreign carbon credits, experts say

Published 11:57 on June 19, 2026 / Last updated at 11:57 on June 19, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Insights (Briefings), International (CBAM & Tariffs, Paris Article 6/PACM, UN Climate Talks), Voluntary (VCM Governance)

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Importers face steep challenges to take advantage of proposed EU rules allowing the application of carbon credits against Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) fees, due to the “onerous” conditions imposed by Brussels on their use, experts told Carbon Pulse.

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Mysterious US ocean carbon capture startup set for development in Saudi Arabia

Published 11:19 on June 19, 2026 / Last updated at 11:19 on June 19, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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An ocean carbon removal startup that has yet to reveal its pioneering technology has struck a partnership with a state-backed Saudi development company to further bolster the country’s carbon credit exchange.

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Rock weathering could offset growing permafrost-driven river CO2 emissions -research

Published 10:58 on June 19, 2026 / Last updated at 10:58 on June 19, 2026 / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Nature-based Carbon (Other NbS), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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Chemical weathering triggered by permafrost thaw could offset a substantial share of CO2 emissions from rivers draining frozen landscapes, and in some regions may eventually outweigh them altogether, according to new research.

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New agtech platform aims to unify farm carbon data, MRV, and sustainability programmes

Published 10:36 on June 19, 2026 / Last updated at 10:36 on June 19, 2026 / Americas (US & Canada), Nature-based Carbon (Other NbS), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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A new agricultural technology company has been launched in the US through the combination of two existing digital agriculture businesses, with ambitions to build a neutral data and verification platform linking farm-level activities to sustainability, compliance, and carbon market outcomes.

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RFUK unveils decade-long plan to shift rainforest protection towards Indigenous-led governance

Published 10:22 on June 19, 2026 / Last updated at 10:22 on June 19, 2026 / Americas (US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) has unveiled a new strategic vision through 2033 centred on expanding Indigenous and community control over tropical forests, arguing that rights-based conservation and local stewardship offer the most effective response to accelerating deforestation and biodiversity loss.

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FEATURE: Corporates excited about new SBTi climate standard’s nod to market instruments

Published 08:15 on June 19, 2026 / Last updated at 16:07 on June 18, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), CO2 Management (CCUS, Engineered Removals), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Insights (Features), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Investment, Reporting & Disclosure, Power/Electrification, Transport & Heating Fuels), Voluntary (VCM Developments, VCM Governance)

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Companies are “excited about finally having clarity” on using market instruments to show progress towards their climate targets under the newly released Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) Corporate Net-Zero Standard, say consultancies referring to the standard’s “incredible ripple effect”.

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