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A US biochar producer specialising in road construction and building materials signalled in a Q4 2024 filing that it is suffering recurring losses amounting to nearly $16 million that threaten its ability to continue operations.

A US appeals court agreed to the US EPA’s request to pause litigation around the agency’s controversial power plant standards set by the prior administration to allow the new agency time to review the case.

A Canada-headquartered provider of Earth observation data announced on Thursday it has acquired a wildfire and forest analytics platform to help clients improve environmental risk monitoring and management.

A major UK bank has warned scope 3 emissions data is insufficient to include setting targets for companies it invests in, and added there was a risk of double counting.

A California assemblymember has introduced legislation aimed at regulating the environmental practices of fashion sellers in the state, requiring companies to implement comprehensive environmental due diligence.

A biotech company has demonstrated an average 30% gain in biomass of reforestation projects in the southeastern US by reintroducing soil fungal biodiversity, which it says can accelerate tree growth and carbon removal.

As Ningaloo reef bleaches and an election looms, we must hold to account those who stand in the way of our safety – the small cohort profiting from fossil fuels, and the politicians who protect them

Late last spring, I was part of an expedition to Scott Reef, a magnificent coral atoll nearly 300 kilometres off the Kimberley coast. And while it was a privilege to be in such a remote and wonderful place, watching rare and endemic sea life drifting past, the moment I tipped from the boat in my mask and fins, I knew something was wrong.

The water was too hot. Not tropical warm, but uncomfortably hot.

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There was little sign of a rapprochement between the countries supporting a greenhouse gas (GHG) levy for the shipping sector and those opposing such a measure during talks at the UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) this week, with all eyes now on an crucial April meeting.

Tackling regulatory barriers, improving financial incentives, and ensuring effective carbon accounting mechanisms is key to scaling carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) technology in the EU, according to a report released on Thursday.

The UK government has launched a consultation on ways to improve the country's flagship contracts for difference (CfD) subsidy scheme, including the potential relaxation of planning consent for offshore wind, in a bid to accelerate clean energy rollout.

European carbon allowance prices headed into the weekend with a technical bounce after nearing key levels on Thursday, posting a 2% gain by midday as traders covered short positions after the steep decline over the last few days, while UKAs made a modest recovery after having earlier lost as much as 17% since last Friday.

The poor enforcement of existing regulations on nature could derail the EU's biodiversity agenda, as disparities in implementation across member states and sectors remain largely unresolved, the head of EU policy at an environmental NGO told Carbon Pulse.

US government stripping funds from domestic and overseas research amid warnings for health and public safety

The Trump administration is stripping away support for scientific research in the US and overseas that contains a word it finds particularly inconvenient: “climate.”

The US government is withdrawing grants and other support for research that even references the climate crisis, academics have said, amid Donald Trump’s blitzkrieg upon environmental regulations and clean-energy development.

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Permit prices in China's national emissions market continued to fall over the past week amid slow compliance demand, while the voluntary market saw offset prices at relatively high levels, though with near-zero liquidity due to the lack of supply.

New Zealand is on the path to allowing carbon capture and storage (CCS) as an emissions reduction method, the government said Friday, and have stored CO2 recognised and rewarded in its emissions trading scheme (ETS).

Expert recommendations will influence plans for energy, housing, transport industry and farming for decades

Labour will next week be confronted with stark policy choices that threaten to expose the fault lines between the Treasury and the government’s green ambitions, as advice for the UK’s next carbon budget is published.

Plans for the energy sector, housing, transport, industry and farming will all be called into question in a sweeping set of recommendations for how the UK can meet the legally binding target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

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South Korea plans to generate more than 70% of its electricity from carbon-free sources by 2038, according to its latest basic energy policy that will guide the development of power generation sectors in coming years.

Singapore’s government has closed its request for proposal (RFP) to procure high-quality, correspondingly adjusted carbon credits derived from nature-based solutions (NbS), attracting offers from 17 suppliers, including major global traders and carbon project developers.

Net zero policies would result in fewer deaths saving UK billions, say researchers

Countries that weaken or stop their net zero and climate actions may be consigning their populations to decades of preventable illness.

Gains from net zero are often presented as global benefits and mainly for future generations. But less fossil fuel use also means less air pollution which results in local health gains right away.

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The board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) this week approved some $687 million for investment in 11 projects across 42 countries that are expected to mitigate 45.3 million tonnes of CO2e, it said Friday.