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August 14, 2022
Small-scale landowners can benefit from forest carbon offset
Small privately or family-owned forest land accounts for the largest share of the U.S. forestland, at 39%. Yet, the majority of these land have difficulty participating in the carbon offset marke
August 12, 2022Apple to purchase electricity from 600 MW Australian wind farm
Apple has agreed to buy zero-emission electricity from a new 600 MW wind farm to be constructed in north Queensland, Australia as part of its strategies to become "100% carbon neutral" by 2030.
August 11, 2022Australian climate advisers recommend establishment of national carbon market
Australia’s Climate Change Authority recently suggested Australia establish a transparent national carbon market and hint at integrating voluntary and compliance carbon markets.
August 11, 2022India legislators approve energy conservation bill
The lower house of India’s parliament on August 9 passed a bill to increase the use of renewable energy and make industrial polluters pay a price for the carbon they emit, marking another step toward its climate goals.
August 10, 2022US Senate passes bill with $369 billion in energy, climate spending
Senate Democrats on Sunday delivered President Joe Biden a major victory in the fight against climate change, passing a bill that will direct hundreds of billions of dollars into clean energy sources and accelerate the United States' move away from fossi
August 09, 2022Voluntary carbon market worth $2 billion now
The voluntary carbon market (VCM) now has a real worth of $2 billion, with prices of up to 170 forms of carbon credits on the rise, according to a recent Ecosystem Marketplace (EM) report.
August 05, 2022Neoen inks 10-year PPA with Flow Power for South Australian wind farm
French renewable energy producer Neoen has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Australian electricity retailer Flow Power for 40 MW of energy from its Goyder South Stage 1 wind farm in South Australia.
August 05, 2022Petronas signs MoU with South Korea businesses to develop CCUS
Malaysia’s state-run oil and gas company Petronas signed a memorandum of understanding on Aug. 3 with six Korean companies to launch a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project called Shepherd CCS Project, with an aim to capture carbon in South Korea and s
August 04, 2022American BioCarbon’s biochar is now certified carbon removal tool
American BioCarbon, a manufacturer of bio-energy products made from sugarcane bagasse, has have its biochar successfully verified by Puro.earth as a carbon removal tool.
August 04, 2022Kenya to replace feed-in-tariffs with auction-based system
Government officials of Kenya announced at the Renpower Kenya clean energy event in Nairobi that incentive programs will change in 2022, with mature technologies no longer receiving fixed payments.