Food companies team up to cut emissions in dairy farming

Published 05:26 on September 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 05:26 on September 20, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, EMEA, Japan

A Japanese food maker has teamed up with a French food group to drive down emissions from dairy farming worldwide by promoting a special feed additive. 

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CP Daily: Thursday September 19, 2024

Published 02:51 on September 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 02:51 on September 20, 2024  / /  Newsletters

A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.

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Australian carbon trading firm raising A$25 mln – media reports

Published 02:50 on September 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 02:50 on September 20, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

An Australian carbon trading company is seeking A$25 million ($17 mln) to expand into Asia, according to local media.

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WCI Markets: CCAs gain ground amidst hushed market activity, wait for programme clarity

Published 02:09 on September 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 02:09 on September 20, 2024  / and /  Americas, Canada, US

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices increased over the past week amidst a dearth of activity as market participants await a rulemaking package from regulator ARB.

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California’s LCFS changes would create decarbonisation ‘obstacles,’ ethanol producer says

Published 00:53 on September 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:53 on September 20, 2024  / /  Americas, RINs & LCFS, US

Ethanol producer POET publicly criticised proposed changes to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Tuesday when the producer’s senior attorney told a California ARB division chief that the changes would introduce “obstacles” to practical decarbonisation pathways.

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Nova Scotia Liberals attempt to bring back cap-and-trade programme

Published 23:42 on September 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:42 on September 19, 2024  / /  Americas, Canada, Carbon Taxes

The former premier of Nova Scotia introduced a bill that would re-install a provincial cap-and-trade programme, eying an end to the province’s compliance with the federal carbon levy.

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Canada succeeds to lower CO2 emissions in 2023 during economic growth –report

Published 23:25 on September 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:25 on September 19, 2024  / /  Americas, Canada, Voluntary

An independent estimate of Canada’s national emissions in 2023, published Thursday, showed a modest decline, relative to the year prior.

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California gasoline consumption declines at slower pace in June as diesel sales hit year high

Published 21:45 on September 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 21:45 on September 19, 2024  / /  Americas, Canada, RINs & LCFS, US

California gasoline consumption continued its year-over-year decline -albeit at a slower pace – in June while diesel sales reached their highest levels of the year, state data published this week showed.

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Bolivia moves to centralise newly legal voluntary carbon market -media

Published 20:05 on September 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 20:05 on September 19, 2024  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

Bolivia is preparing a presidential decree that would require domestic carbon projects to transfer their credit issuances to the central government, national media reported this week.

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More federal cash needed for research before marine CDR can scale in the US, Congress hears

Published 19:32 on September 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:32 on September 19, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, US, Voluntary

A ramp up in federal funding is needed to boost research and development into the nascent marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) industry that will require robust public-private partnerships to scale and become commercial, a congressional committee heard Thursday.

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