March 21, 2025
The company behind an $8.9 billion carbon-capture pipeline proposed for five Midwestern states said Wednesday it wants to indefinitely delay its plans after South Dakota passed a law limiting its ability to acquire land for the project. But even as …
March 10, 2025
A new law in South Dakota prohibiting the use of eminent domain to acquire land for carbon capture pipelines raises questions about the viability of a proposed 2,500 mile (4,023-kilometer) project snaking through five Midwest states. Summit Carbon Solutions, the …
September 26, 2024
Shell, Equinor and TotalEnergies said on Thursday their carbon dioxide (CO2) storage project on Norway’s west coast is now completed and ready to receive CO2, with its first deliveries expected next year. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has long been …
August 6, 2024
Nearly a third of existing carbon credits have failed to meet criteria for a new standard that aims to serve as the global benchmark for the voluntary carbon market, its board said on Tuesday. In the voluntary market, companies can …
May 17, 2024
Insurance broker Aon plc has developed a new insurance product designed for international transport and storage companies that are engaged in storing carbon dioxide for decarbonization projects across the globe. The new product is aimed at providing cover for key …
May 9, 2024
Amid the steam rising around Iceland’s Hellisheioi station sits a newly built warehouse surrounded by giant fans run by carbon removal startup Climeworks. Dubbed Mammoth, the project is now the world’s biggest plant to suck carbon dioxide from the air. …
January 29, 2024
Howden, the London-based global insurance group, announced an insurance facility that covers the leakage of carbon dioxide (CO2) from commercial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities. The insurance facility, designed by Howden and led by SCOR’s syndicate at Lloyd’s, provides …
July 20, 2023
AXA XL in the UK has launched its Excess Emissions Insurance product helping marine clients to manage their environmental footprint and support action on carbon emissions. In partnership with ClimateSeed – a company that provides premium carbon removal and avoidance …
March 30, 2023
Oil companies offered a combined $264 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday in a sale mandated by last year’s climate bill compromise. The auction was the first in the Gulf in more than a year …
May 23, 2022
Insurance firm Swiss Re and banking giant UBS are among five founding buyers of credits from a scheme set up by a Swiss company to drive down the cost of taking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Even with pledges …