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The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) is poised to consider a constitutional challenge to Washington state's cap-and-invest scheme.

Stakeholders urged California regulators to swiftly conclude its extended Low Carbon Fuels Standard (LCFS) rulemaking, although concerns surrounding previous as well as newly proposed provisions continued to linger in comments submitted to the latest 15-day package.

The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) voted to authorised a one-month delay in the annual reporting deadline of the state’s Clean Fuels Program (OCFP) as deemed necessary after a cyberattack earlier in April.

Biodiversity credit developer Terrasos will in May officially mark the first issuance from its new Aguadulce Habitat Bank, placing 20,233 Terrasos Biodiversity Units (Tebus) on the market.

Seasonal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is up 18% year-on-year (YoY) through the end of March, according to a report published Friday by a Belem-based scientific research non-profit.

The Netherlands' national CO2 levy imposed on top of EU ETS prices will be maintained, but the government is easing up on its impact and other climate rules in a move viewed by some as pragmatic and by others as weakening the country's climate action efforts.

A hydrogen hub in the Appalachian region is undergoing turbulence as it faces uncertainty stemming from funding uncertainty and the 45V tax credit rules the US Treasury finalised last year, according to a recent report.

Colombian businesses are campaigning for a more active role in policy design as they prepare for the delayed launch of an emission trading system (ETS) pilot, according to the leader of an industry alliance speaking Thursday in Bogota at the Colombia Carbon Forum.

Canada’s first sustainability and climate disclosure standards are on hold, as regulators hear from Canadian markets businesses struggling to navigate economic uncertainties south of the border and abroad.

The Alberta government remains committed to industrial carbon pricing, allaying concerns that the province's existing TIER system could be dismantled following next week's Canadian federal election.

Critical minerals, nuclear power and the ‘weaponisation’ of energy supplies were discussed at international conference

The UK and the International Energy Agency gathered ministers and high-level officials from 60 countries to Lancaster House in London for two days of talks on the future of energy security this week. The EU was out in force, the US sent a top official, but China stayed away. Here’s what we learned.

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The shortage of critical minerals required for the net zero transition is an "emerging energy security risk" industry and government leaders told the future of energy security summit, hosted this week in London by the International Energy Agency and UK.

Energy secretary says countries must work together during conference at which US delegate called net zero ‘dangerous’

Britain will find “common ground” with the US on energy and the economy including on nuclear power, despite differences over climate policy, the UK energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has pledged.

He was speaking at the close of a two-day, 60-country conference in London on energy security, hosted by the government and the International Energy Agency (IEA), at which the US delegate Tommy Joyce attacked net zero policies as “dangerous” and “damaging”, and said it was in the interests of “our adversaries”.

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Developing sector transition pathways and providing attractive risk return is key to delivering finance that can support the UK deliver its net zero goal whilst also driving economic growth, experts told a webinar Friday.

Northern Ireland has unveiled its inaugural Blue Carbon Action Plan, covering 2025–30, as it positions marine and coastal ecosystems at the heart of its climate action and biodiversity conservation, also raising finance for their protection via carbon credits.

Talks on the EU's Green Claims Directive closed with progress on some topics but little on climate-related claims that could impact the voluntary carbon market, with discussions on credits postponed to the next round of negotiation in June, EU sources said.

Carbon allowance prices under the new EU Emissions Trading System, ETS2 could be almost four times higher if national policymakers don't implement robust clean energy and efficiency policies across the bloc's 27 countries, new research has found.

A Swedish project to finance 48,000 electric motorcycles in Ghana via Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement has sparked debate in Europe, with one EU lawmaker calling it “a rare, catastrophically bad idea”, while others highlight the project’s potential to drive the transition to e-mobility in the West African country.

Dutch industrial emissions covered by a national CO2 levy exceeded the number of free emissions permits under the levy for the first time in 2024, according to new data, and the levy could add 30% to the EU ETS cost on emissions for Dutch industrial installations in 2025.

The EU’s growing use of forest biomass for energy is eroding the bloc’s carbon sink, while planned reliance on bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) risks locking in net emissions, a recent study has warned.