Majority of countries ramping up renewables ambition in updated NDCs -report

Published 10:46 on March 25, 2025  /  Last updated at 10:46 on March 25, 2025  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Canada, EMEA, International, Middle East, New Zealand, US

A total of 15 of the 19 countries that have submitted updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement are planning to increase their renewable energy ambition ahead of 2035, according to a report by two non-profit research and campaign groups.

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Canada awards C$150 mln for decarbonisation via carbon tax revenues

Published 22:31 on March 24, 2025  /  Last updated at 22:31 on March 24, 2025  / /  Americas, Canada, Carbon Taxes

Canada is set to fund 40 decarbonisation projects with proceeds from its industrial carbon levy.

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Transparency gaps in carbon removal, forestry raise doubts over 2050 net zero targets -report

Published 15:40 on March 24, 2025  /  Last updated at 15:40 on March 24, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, EMEA, International, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

A lack of transparency in national climate strategies, particularly around the role of engineered carbon removal (CDR) and land-use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF), is raising doubts over the credibility of 2050 net zero targets, according to a report released over the weekend.

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California transportation fuel emissions nudge down in 2024, despite December diesel rise

Published 20:10 on March 22, 2025  /  Last updated at 20:10 on March 22, 2025  / /  Americas, Canada, US

Transporation fuel emissions in California nudged down just over 1% year-on-year (YoY) in 2024, even as diesel consumption increased in December, state data published Friday showed.

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CFTC: Investors add record V26 CCA length, producers reduce RGGI exposure

Published 00:34 on March 22, 2025  /  Last updated at 00:34 on March 22, 2025  / and /  Americas, Canada, RINs & LCFS, US

Investors built their V26 California Carbon Allowance (CCA) net length while cutting more V25s, and producers pulled back their RGGI Allowance (RGA) exposure, according to latest weekly data released Friday by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

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INTERVIEW: Canada’s ‘first’ CDR dashboard critical to scaling development

Published 20:46 on March 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 20:46 on March 21, 2025  / /  Americas, Canada, Nature-based, Voluntary

It’s time for Canada’s carbon removal (CDR) industry to take its turn in the limelight, according to the policy director of one of the country’s leading policy advocacy groups.

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Slight drop to available allowances at Q2 WCI auction

Published 20:22 on March 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 20:47 on March 21, 2025  / /  Americas, Canada, US

The California-Quebec joint WCI auction in May will offer a lower volume of allowances in the second quarterly sale of 2025 than it did in the first, according to a Friday notice from California regulator ARB.

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WCI Markets: CCAs retreat amidst ARB uncertainty, WCA market tightens

Published 00:03 on March 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 00:03 on March 21, 2025  / and /  Americas, Canada, US

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices slipped from an early week bump as the market once again faced rulemaking delay-induced uncertainty, while Washington Carbon Allowances (WCAs) rose amidst ongoing tightness, traders said.

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Western Canada’s first hydrogen liquefaction plant awarded nearly C$50 mln

Published 19:06 on March 20, 2025  /  Last updated at 19:06 on March 20, 2025  / /  Americas, Canada

The Vancouver-based hydrogen supplier developing the British Columbia-Alberta heavy-duty transportation hydrogen network has won another influx of federal cash for its next plant.

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UPDATE – Alberta bill demands provincial control over emissions data

Published 18:56 on March 20, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:43 on March 20, 2025  / /  Americas, Canada

Alberta proposed an amendment to existing law that would restrict the federal government from collecting emissions data from provincial oil and gas facilities.

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