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Minneapolis launching city-run biochar facility

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-03-12 09:55
Minneapolis is launching a municipality-owned and -operated biochar production facility, reinforcing the city’s commitment to climate resilience and carbon sequestration.
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Washington carbon market linkage would amplify regional emissions cuts but hurt state revenues -analysis

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-03-12 09:54
Linking Washington state’s carbon market with California and Quebec would lead to greater overall emissions reductions but could reduce Washington’s auction revenues and slow local air quality improvements, a new report has found.
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EU ETS set for supply squeeze, price surge amid structural tightening -investment bank

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-03-12 09:46
The EU ETS is set for significant tightening and higher allowance prices from 2026 as emissions caps shrink, free allowances phase out, and the bloc’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) moves to full implementation, according to a large bank’s investment strategy unit.
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Brazilian agricultural emissions reductions should be valued at $11.54 per tonne CO2 -study

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-03-12 09:33
Peer-reviewed research that integrated various carbon price determinants from all over the world has estimated that Brazilian agricultural emissions reductions should carry an intrinsic valuation of $11.54 per tonne CO2 equivalent.
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Next gen geothermal could rescue US from AI electricity crunch -report

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-03-12 09:28
The next generation of geothermal energy could be key to meeting the demands of AI boom in the US, according to a new report.
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Brazilian development bank, environment ministry open public consultation on carbon certification

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-03-12 09:27
Brazil’s National Bank for Economic Development (BNDES) and the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MMA) on Tuesday announced the opening of a public consultation on expanding homegrown capacity to certify carbon credits.
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CERAWeek: Alberta disfavours retaliatory tariffs against US, hints at CER challenge

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-03-12 06:58
Alberta’s energy minister disavowed retaliatory responses to US tariffs Tuesday at CERAWeek in Houston, while also hinting that the province may challenge the federal Clean Electricity Regulations (CER).
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Largest US pension fund under fire for labelling oil, coal holdings as “climate” investments

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-03-12 06:56
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), the largest public pension fund in the US, has come under scrutiny after an analysis revealed it had classified more than $3 billion in investments in oil drillers, coal companies, and other major emitters as part of its “climate solutions” portfolio.
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EV registration up 38x across 10 US states over decade -report

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-03-12 06:03
New data shows 10 states have increased their collective EV count by 38 times in a little more than a decade.
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Farmers in England furious as Defra pauses post-Brexit payment scheme

The Guardian - Wed, 2025-03-12 05:49

Applications to the sustainable farming initiative no longer accepted but no clarity on what will replace it and when

Farming and countryside groups in England are furious that the government has paused a key post-Brexit farming payments scheme with little information about what will replace it and when.

In a statement on Tuesday evening the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the sustainable farming incentive would no longer accept new applications.

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Bipartisan US lawmakers seek repeal of 45Q tax credits

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-03-12 05:13
US lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have reintroduced legislation to repeal 45Q tax credits that have become a negotiating tool to avoid a looming government shutdown this week.
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Australia’s superb lyrebirds ‘farm’ the forest floor to increase their prey – a behaviour rarely seen in nature

The Conversation - Wed, 2025-03-12 05:06
“Farming” behaviour is very unusual in the non-human world. As lyrebirds forage, they cultivate the soil and shore up their own food sources. Alex Maisey, Postdoctoral research fellow, Research Centre for Future Landscapes, La Trobe University Andrew Bennett, Emeritus Professor in Ecology, La Trobe University Angie Haslem, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, landscape and fire ecology, La Trobe University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Global energy transition will withstand Trump presidency, says John Kerry

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-03-12 03:50
The global energy transition will withstand climate sceptic policy emerging from the Trump administration, former US climate envoy John Kerry said on Tuesday.
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Several millions of dollars up for grabs in grants for innovative CDR ideas

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-03-12 03:48
Startup carbon removal (CDR) companies and university teams are invited to apply for up to several million dollars' worth of grants to start a pilot project in Kenya.
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Industry groups challenge US EPA waiver for California truck emissions rules

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-03-12 03:47
A coalition of US industry groups has challenged a recent federal decision related to California’s authority to regulate truck emissions.
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Euro Markets: EUAs stabilise after early weakness as energy markets recover losses ahead of COT data

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-03-12 03:14
EU carbon prices halted two days of gains on Tuesday, giving up an early advance and falling through technical supports after a weak auction in the morning, as selling picked up amid a darkening macroeconomic mood and ahead of Wednesday's weekly positions data that was expected to show a sharp fall in long positions.
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EU needs short-term incentives to pioneer carbon removal growth -think tank

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-03-12 02:54
The EU and Germany have an opportunity to pioneer innovative carbon removal policy, as the US appears set to reverse direction — but this will require short-term strategies for negative emissions, along with long-term goals, according to a German think tank.
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