Carbon Pulse

Canada has the potential to become a net exporter of green hydrogen by sparking domestic demand through the development of bus and truck fleets and entering into cooperative agreements with countries like Japan, panellists heard at a virtual conference this week.

EU carbon prices slipped to a one-week low near €41 on Friday, as speculators took profits following another fresh all-time high, wider markets fell, and European power generation margins worsened.

The California-Quebec Q2 cap-and-trade auction will include more allowance supply than the previous quarter due to the reintroduction of unsold carbon permits and higher consignment, according to an auction notice published Friday.

A summary of legislative and regulatory action on carbon pricing, clean fuel standards, and clean energy at the US subnational and federal level this week, including in California and the US Department of Agriculture.  

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices will more than double this decade as emissions reductions cannot keep pace with more ambitious cap-and-trade allowance budgets, analysts with a major US investment bank said Friday.

A carbon market veteran who co-founded a major offset investment group nearly two decades ago has joined US-based project developer C-Quest Capital, Carbon Pulse has learned.

Higher EU carbon allowance prices risk putting coal-relying Polish energy companies in even further debt and derailing their investments in renewables, an official from the country's largest utility said Friday.

Three mainly forestry-related offset standards are seeking eligibility in the third round of applications under ICAO’s CORSIA aviation carbon trading scheme.

The China interbank market dealers' association has released new guidelines for issuers of carbon neutral bonds, seeking to root out dodgy practices in the emerging market.

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A planned liquified natural gas (LNG) export facility in south Texas will feature proprietary carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology that coupled with federal tax credits could allow for a breakeven CO2 sequestration cost of $13 per tonne.

BP and renewables company Aria Energy announced a partnership on Thursday to develop a renewable natural gas (RNG) project in California that could allow the oil major to earn credits under the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) and federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

RGGI Allowance (RGA) prices dropped on the secondary market this week after briefly rising following the programme’s five-year bank adjustment announcement, while California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) edged down as entities looked to shift positions out on the curve.

A high-profile initiative focused on reducing forest-risk commodity (FRC) imports into the European Union won’t be finalised for at least 18 months, but risk managers should take heed of broader guidance that dramatically expands corporate due diligence to cover a company’s entire supply chain, an MEP said Thursday.