Carbon Pulse

Further steps need to be taken to secure minerals and materials needed to overcome issues plaguing the development of renewable energy sources in the US, a panel of energy industry representatives said Thursday.

Parameters for carbon capture and storage (CCS) offset credits types, a wider range of emissions covered within industrial facility boundaries, along with tightening benchmarks and added compliance flexibility were some of the Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction Regulation (TIER) changes the Alberta government presented in a webinar Thursday.

The US government has allocated $20 million to help Native Americans tap private markets for investment in forest resilience and climate mitigation.

Singapore and Indonesia have signed a letter of intent (LoI) to collaborate on cross-border carbon capture and storage, they announced late Thursday.

Brazil’s main transmission network last year recorded the lowest rate of emissions per unit of power generated since 2012, as the country sourced more electricity from hydropower and wind, Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy announced Wednesday.

One of Australia’s major banks has launched a pilot with an emissions platform company to model how farming practices could be changed to reduce GHG emissions, it announced Thursday.

The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to resume liquefied natural gas (LNG) export approvals by granting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) the sole discretion to approve export facilities, effectively excluding the Department of Energy (DOE) from the process.

Researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) to create a new class of materials that they believe “exhibit great promise” and could revolutionise carbon capture technology.

Verra’s Forest Carbon Strategy for 2024-26 will see numerous developments occur under the umbrella of overhauling the standard’s REDD+ methodologies, as announced in a webinar the registry held Thursday.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices declined on greater volumes leading into the first auction of 2024, while Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) prices moderately shifted on thin volumes.

A Texas-based oil and gas producer has agreed to pay $4 million in fines for failing to comply with air quality regulations in two US states, and will also spend $5.5 mln to prevent future emissions, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed.

Egypt’s nascent voluntary carbon market (VCM) received a push on Wednesday as the country’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) officially approved three verification and certification bodies.

The French government needs to set an ambitious 2030 renewable energy target, said European Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson, who spoke on Thursday to lawmakers in the European Parliament’s committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE).

Airlines will face a challenge in finding credits to meet the first phase of the UN’s aviation emission scheme, known as CORSIA, although the impending shortage is yet to flash on their radar, a webinar heard Thursday.

Carbon capture is expected to be a task for the next European commissioners, due to be nominated after the European Parliament's elections on June 6-9, experts warned on Thursday.

Smaller developers in England could incur unnecessary costs while aligning with the country’s biodiversity net gain (BNG) policy, with worse outcomes for nature, a consultant has said.

A Swiss climate solutions and technology company and a German impact investor have teamed up to develop nature-based solutions aimed at tackling biodiversity loss.

A solar farm developer has committed to adopting measures to protect and enhance biodiversity, as criticism has mounted in recent weeks over the company's plans to build a facility in the UK.

An environmental consultancy is helping a client prepare to generate biodiversity credits from a 2,000-hectare estate in the Scottish highlands, in collaboration with RePlanet.

New corporate partners are joining the push by United Airlines to scale up sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by way of a dedicated fund, as e-fuel company OXCCU moves to start construction on its first demonstration plant in the UK.