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New York and Menlo Park are pushing deeper into America’s clean power market, as DESRI and Meta expand one of the country’s larger corporate renewable energy procurement partnerships. DESRI, a U.S. renewable energy producer, and ...
Ford Motor Co. has formally launched Ford Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary that will manufacture battery energy storage systems for utilities, data centers, and large industrial and commercial users. The move gives the automaker a ...
Chicago-based S2G Investments has closed a $1 billion growth-stage fund aimed at scaling companies across three systems that sit at the center of the global economy: food and agriculture, energy, and oceans. The final close ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission is moving to unwind one of the Biden administration’s most contested ESG rules, setting up a formal retreat from federal climate-risk disclosure requirements for public companies. The agency has submitted ...
Sweden is preparing a more active state role in the race to scale sustainable aviation and maritime fuels, after a government inquiry delivered a national action plan for domestic production and supply. The report focuses ...
Germany’s cabinet agreed on Wednesday to replace one of the country’s most disputed climate laws, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government seeks to revive construction, calm household concerns, and reset investor confidence in Europe’s largest economy. ...
Cocoa Supply Chains Face a Compliance Test Abidjan is heading into a critical trade deadline with a cocoa supply chain that still has major blind spots. Only 48% of Ivory Coast’s 2024 cocoa exports can ...
BBVA Moves Toward Full Renewable Power Madrid is becoming the center of a sharper operational climate push inside BBVA, as the bank moves from near-total renewable electricity coverage to a new target of 100 percent. ...
France based Mantle8 has raised €31 million in Series A funding to test whether natural hydrogen can move from scientific promise to commercial production. The round was led by Sandwater and included Breakthrough Energy Ventures, ...
The European Central Bank is pushing supervised banks to sharpen their climate and nature-related risk management, as physical damage, transition policy and ecosystem loss move deeper into financial risk models. ECB Banking Supervision has updated ...
New Zealand’s government plans to change climate law to stop courts from finding companies liable in private cases for harm linked to greenhouse gas emissions. Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith said the government would amend the ...
Indonesia is preparing one of the world’s largest land rehabilitation efforts, with plans to restore 12 million hectares of degraded land and potentially connect new tree-planting projects to carbon offset markets. Forestry Minister Raja Juli ...
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market has issued a new round of assessment decisions that sharpen the line between eligible carbon credits and credits still facing integrity concerns. The latest decisions cover carbon ...
Verra has secured approval from the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market for two methodologies that meet the Core Carbon Principles, giving buyers another route into credits backed by independent integrity standards. The approved ...
Nevada, is set to become a test case for how large technology companies meet rising data center demand without adding new pressure to regional power systems. Amazon is investing in new carbon-free energy projects in ...
Texas, will become the site of a major clean power supply deal between Google and Linea Energy, as rising data center demand continues to reshape U.S. energy procurement. Linea Energy, a renewables developer and U.S. ...
At the annual high-level meeting of the Net-Zero Export Credit Agencies Alliance, Bpifrance Assurance Export announced its move from affiliate member to full member. The French export credit agency will now commit to decarbonize its ...
North America is set to become the launch market for a new biofuels feedstock push, as Bayer and bp form a long-term strategic alliance to scale camelina for lower-carbon fuels. Commercialization will take place under ...
The Science Based Targets initiative has appointed McKenna Smith as Managing Director of SBTi Services, placing an experienced carbon accounting leader at the helm of one of the most closely watched functions in corporate climate ...
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