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New partnership aims to help small businesses tackle emissions

Carbon Pulse - 1 hour 33 min ago
An Australian-headquartered global business platform is teaming up with a carbon accounting software provider to help small businesses address their emissions.
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Flagship CCS project in Belgium postponed – again

Carbon Pulse - 4 hours 4 min ago
A billion-euro investment in a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Antwerp has been further postponed pending additional public funds, Belgian media reported at the weekend.
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Australia needs a national carbon market strategy, flagship report says

Carbon Pulse - 4 hours 13 min ago
A national carbon market strategy would help Australia chart its emissions reduction course in a rapidly evolving and destabilising world, according to a report across the sector published Wednesday.
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Business group urges US Congress to halt clean car sales mandate

Carbon Pulse - 4 hours 18 min ago
A coalition of over 330 businesses in the US called on the congressional leadership to scrap Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) regulations, which mandate all new cars, trucks, and SUVs sold in participating states to be zero-emission by 2035.
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Canadian CCS firm could shift attention to VCM upon possible carbon tax repeal, CEO says

Carbon Pulse - 4 hours 39 min ago
A Canadian carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) firm said Tuesday that a possible repeal of the country's industrial carbon tax may prompt it to start looking to the voluntary carbon market (VCM) for new revenues, even as its CO2 offtake agreement with a public investment fund is slated to endure any election outcome.
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Demand mirrors supply in 2025, but VCM due diligence still developing -panellists

Carbon Pulse - 4 hours 52 min ago
Demand for offsets in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) is expected to closely align with supply in 2025, but buyers’ due diligence practices are still developing amid an increased focus on quality, panellists said at a Tuesday webinar.
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Wildlife groups express alarm at plan to ‘streamline’ UK environmental rules

The Guardian - 5 hours 18 min ago

Government wants to spur economic growth and drive housebuilding but charities say nature should be priority

Wildlife groups have expressed alarm after ministers promised a radically “streamlined” approach to UK environmental regulation intended to drive economic growth and speed up new housing, as well as major projects such as airports.

While officials said the plans should boost nature conservation overall, the removal of what one called “bat by bat” decisions, a reference to the £100m bat shelter constructed for part of HS2, could water down individual protections.

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California lawmaker seeks 10-year deferral of zero-emission school bus transition

Carbon Pulse - 5 hours 38 min ago
An assemblymember has introduced an amendment to a California bill that requires schools to switch to zero-emission student transportation to extend the timeframe for adoption by 10 years.
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US natural gas power gen with CCS an attractive option for cutting emissions, meeting growing electricity demand -report

Carbon Pulse - 5 hours 58 min ago
Natural gas power plants in the US should deploy carbon capture and storage (CCS) to align with stakeholder goals to cut emissions in coming years, while also meeting heightened electricity demand from the expected AI boom, according to a recent report.
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Swiss biochar startup axes Mexican business unit post-Microsoft offtake

Carbon Pulse - 6 hours 13 min ago
A Geneva-based biochar startup that entered into a large-scale offtake agreement with Microsoft has shuttered its activities in Mexico but is pursuing other projects, Carbon Pulse has learned.
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Australians want nature protected. These 3 environmental problems should be top of the next government’s to-do list

The Conversation - 9 hours 14 min ago
Three experts consider what’s required to protect and conserve Australia’s natural wonders, from fighting invaders to stopping habitat loss and saving species. Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University John Woinarski, Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University Martine Maron, Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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India’s heavy industries can cut 29 MtCO2e/year by tapping solar potential -study

Carbon Pulse - 9 hours 49 min ago
India’s steel, cement and aluminium industries could cut reliance on captive coal, reduce production costs, and slash emissions by up to 29 million tonnes of CO2e annually by tapping into a 20-GW solar opportunity, according to a study published on Tuesday.
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Despite sales bump, carbon project financier flips to 2024 net loss on portfolio value cut

Carbon Pulse - 10 hours 45 min ago
A Canadian-headquartered carbon project financier has reversed its 2023 profitability by reporting a net loss of $28.9 million for full-year 2024, driven primarily by unrealised losses on investments, despite a rise in revenue from offset sales.
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INTERVIEW: Canada’s stance on DME limiting industry growth

Carbon Pulse - 11 hours 3 min ago
The exclusion of dimethyl ether (DME) from Canada's clean fuels framework is holding back the sector's development, according to an industry player. 
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EU executive presents amendment to CO2 cars emission standards

Carbon Pulse - 11 hours 39 min ago
The European Commission is proposing to amend its regulation on CO2 emissions standards for new cars and vans, introducing a flexibility measure between 2025 and 2027, it announced on Tuesday.
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