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Government policy, regulations, and climate laws
European carbon gave up an early rally to its highest in more than two weeks on Wednesday amid a fall in trading activity and after the weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) reports showed a seventh successive drop in speculative net length, while compliance buyers boosted their holdings as coal remai…
Chile on Wednesday gazetted a package of technical resolutions detailing governance, methodological standards, and integrity requirements for mitigation activities under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
The Democratic majority of the New York Senate has called on Governor Kathy Hochul (D) in its recent budget proposal to finalise the state’s planned cap-and-invest programme, while the governor said on Wednesday she’ll look to adjust the state’s landmark climate law, media reported.
In 2023–2024, I wrote a TON of articles about the NEVI program, or the money from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that was supposed to massively expand highway EV charging in the United States.
Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits Achieving the UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a single oil shock and bring health and economic benefits while insulating the country against future costs, the government’…
ALBANY, New York — Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday she wants to rewrite New York’s nation-leading climate law, arguing the state needs more time to meet its aggressive goals amid rising energy prices and a legal challenge.
Climate protests, rallies, strikes, and direct action by grassroots movements and activist organizations
The war between the United States, Israel and Iran has triggered the largest disruption to global oil supplies in the history of the modern oil market, with Brent crude prices currently hovering around $100 a barrel, sending economic shockwaves across Persian Gulf states, Asian countries and the U.…
Nature, Published online: 11 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00800-9 Toxic smoke from burning oil depots has blanketed Iran’s capital following missile strikes.
An unusually early heat wave is set to grip Los Angeles and much of the Southwest, putting California’s already fragile snowpack, and therefore its water supplies, at risk.
We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food...
When countries put in place macroeconomically damaging climate and nature policies, carbon revenues may not be high enough to calm credit rating agencies, so sovereign nations must either plan alternate sources of revenue or strike deals with investors, Carbon Pulse has heard.
The cut in global LNG supply due to war in the Middle East has already led to a surge in high-emitting gas flaring in Qatar, while North Africa is losing billions of dollars each year in lost export revenues from the fuel source that analysts say could otherwise be channeled to Europe.
Corporate climate action, finance, and market trends
Every day the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, the global oil supply deficit increases by millions of barrels.
Canada's incoming tightening of its industrial carbon market is unlikely to have a major impact on oil producers, a new analysis by a Canadian climate think tank found.
A new funding call launched on Wednesday aims to accelerate research and innovation in durable carbon removal (CDR) technologies, as parts of the sector move from early-stage science toward commercial deployment.
‘Underwhelming’ target leaves room for increase in energy and industry emissions in years to 2030, experts say
Supply chain break caused by war was a ‘Covid moment’ for companies, says global financial services group chief
Plans to register Bolivia’s first sovereign jurisdictional carbon credit project have been delayed from initial official issuance estimates, aligning with the government’s roadmap to build a national carbon markets architecture, the initiative’s main technical partner told Carbon Pulse.
Climate effects, extreme weather, and environmental consequences
Recent attacks in the Middle East on desalination plants, facilities that remove salt from seawater, raise the potential for a humanitarian crisis if the region’s freshwater production facilities are subjected to more widespread destruction.
Melting glaciers and ice sheets are raising sea levels while the Arctic is poised to log one of its worst winters on record.
With wildfires growing more destructive both in the United States and around the world, University at Buffalo researchers have conducted one of the most extensive evaluations to date of artificial intelligence-based deep learning models for predicting wildfire spread.
Israel, the US and the Islamic Republic of Iran must immediately cease or refrain from unlawful attacks on energy infrastructure, including facilities providing essential services such as electricity, heating and running water, said Amnesty International today, highlighting the risks of devastating…
After months of intense drought conditions, Kenya was inundated by rain late last week, triggering severe flooding that killed more than 40 people.
Current conditions: The Central United States is bracing for flooding as soaking storms deluge the region • Arctic air is barreling southward to replace the record warmth in the Midwest and Northeast • Temperatures in the Indian state of Gujarat are hitting 104 degrees Fahrenheit.
Clean technology, renewables, and climate solutions
If you’ve been watching the news, you know things are chaotic overseas.
Public charging is picking up as the used electric vehicle market booms.
Legacy automakers just can’t help themselves it seems.
Well, the news of the month so far has been BYD unveiling 1,500 kW “flash charging” for passenger electric vehicles.
More solar energy was added to U.S. grids than any other technology, but the amount installed fell by 14 percent, according to a new report.
Belgium received the green light from Brussels to fund a €260 million carbon capture storage (CCS) project in Antwerp on Wednesday.
Climate research, studies, and scientific discoveries
California has issued over 1 million offset credits year-to-date (YtD), largely to forestry, mine methane capture (MMC), and livestock projects, according to data published on Wednesday.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming weather prediction, enabling forecasts that once required hours of supercomputing time to run in just minutes.
Nature, Published online: 06 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00745-z Earth is now warming at a rate of around 0.35 ºC per decade, fresh analysis finds.
Planetary warming has significantly accelerated over the past 10 years, with temperatures rising at a higher rate since 2015 than in any previous decade on record, a new study showed.
Rising temperatures making it hard even for young, healthy people to safely do normal physical tasks in many regions Climate breakdown is shrinking the amount of time that people can safely go about their lives, according to a study that shows a third of the world’s population now resides in areas…
Nature, Published online: 11 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00798-0 A study reveals how the asexual Amazon molly defies evolutionary expectations — plus, evidence of what might be powering superluminous supernovae.