Reactive carbon capture can create synthetic RNG at cost with other low-carbon technologies -study

Published 01:08 on July 2, 2025 / Last updated at 01:08 on July 2, 2025 / / Americas, CO2 Management, Engineered Removals, US, US & Canada

Reactive carbon capture and conversion (RCC) is an economically-feasible and cost-competitive energy source to produce synthetic renewable natural gas (RNG) and provide long duration storage, according to analysis from a US national laboratory.

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US DOE releases new guidelines on environmental reviews after SCOTUS ruling

Published 23:47 on July 1, 2025 / Last updated at 23:47 on July 1, 2025 / / Americas, US, US & Canada

One month after the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) rescinded environmental review mandates, the DOE announced Monday that it had officially rolled back its environmental review rules and replaced them with a new set of guidelines.

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USDA launches dashboard to map wildfire risk to forest carbon across continental US

Published 11:18 on July 1, 2025 / Last updated at 11:18 on July 1, 2025 / Americas, Forestry, Nature-based Carbon, US, US & Canada, Voluntary

The US Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service has unveiled an online dashboard designed to help users visualise and analyse wildfire risk to carbon stored in forests and rangelands across the continental US.

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Washington disputes constitutional challenge of state carbon market to US Supreme Court

Published 00:36 on July 1, 2025 / Last updated at 00:36 on July 1, 2025 / / Americas, Americas Compliance Markets & Taxes, US, US & Canada

Washington state filed a response to a petition filed by an independent power producer in the state over an alleged constitutional violation of its cap-and-invest programme.

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RGGI Market: RGA prices tone down as temperatures across US Northeast ease

Published 23:22 on June 30, 2025 / Last updated at 23:22 on June 30, 2025 / / Americas, Americas Compliance Markets & Taxes, US, US & Canada

RGGI Allowance (RGA) prices retreated from year-high levels as temperatures in the US Northeast moderated in the aftermath of a heat wave.

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Researchers find holes in Meta’s public carbon capture data project

Published 14:16 on June 30, 2025 / Last updated at 14:17 on June 30, 2025 / / Americas, Asia Pacific, CCUS, CO2 Management, EMEA, Engineered Removals, International, US, US & Canada, Voluntary

Researchers have described Meta’s open-source carbon removal data initiative, aimed at accelerating direct air capture (DAC) technology, as containing significant flaws, though they welcomed the public nature of the work.

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Large REDD+ forest carbon fund launches call for projects

Published 13:00 on June 30, 2025 / Last updated at 13:00 on June 30, 2025 / / Americas, EMEA, Forestry, International, LATAM & Caribbean, Mexico, Nature & Biodiversity, Nature-based Carbon, South & Central, US, US & Canada, Voluntary

A fund worth $50 million has launched a call for carbon projects that are to be certified under a new REDD+ standard.

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DAC developer signs 7-year carbon removal agreement with credit buyer

Published 10:28 on June 30, 2025 / Last updated at 10:29 on June 30, 2025 / / Americas, Canada, CO2 Management, Engineered Removals, US, US & Canada, Voluntary

A Montreal-based direct air capture (DAC) developer has signed a 7-year agreement with a carbon removal buyer, boasting that the credits both neutralise emissions and provide long-term strategic value.

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Google emissions climb 6% in 2024, carbon removal credit purchases up 14-fold

Published 11:03 on June 28, 2025 / Last updated at 11:03 on June 28, 2025 / / Africa, Americas, Asia, Asia Pacific, CO2 Management, EMEA, Engineered Removals, Europe, LATAM & Caribbean, Nature-based Carbon, Other NbS, Pacific, South & Central, US, US & Canada, Voluntary

Google’s total greenhouse gas emissions rose by more than 6% in 2024, while the tech giant’s portfolio of contracted carbon removal credits increased 14-fold year-on-year.

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CFTC: Producers axe CCA, WCA net length in favour of RGAs amid temperature rise in US Northeast

Published 00:35 on June 28, 2025 / Last updated at 00:35 on June 28, 2025 / , , and / Americas, Americas Compliance Markets & Taxes, Canada, US, US & Canada

Producers reduced their California Carbon Allowance (CCA) and Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) holdings, and instead boosted RGGI Allowance (RGA) net length in light of increasing temperatures in the US Northeast earlier this week, latest figures from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed Friday.

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