U.S. Steel is proceeding with a $1.9 billion direct reduced iron plant in Arkansas, boosting domestic production and marking a transitional step towards greener steelmaking, supported by its acquisition partner Nippon Steel. U.S. Steel is pressing ahead with a $1.9 billion direct reduced iron plant in Arkansas, a project the company says will give its electric arc furnaces a cleaner feedstock and strengthen its domestic production network. The facility, planned next to Big River Steel Works in Osceola, will use natural gas rather than hydrogen at the outset and is expected to draw iron ore pellets from U.S. Steel’s mine…

U.S. clean power developers achieved a record year in 2025 with over 50GW of installations, driven by surging storage deployments and expanding geographical reach, but faces potential future headwinds as project pipeline growth slows. U.S. clean power developers ended 2025 with a record year of installations, even as the market began to show signs of strain in project origination and future deal flow. According to the American Clean Power Association’s annual market report, utility-scale solar, wind and battery storage additions reached 50,344 megawatts in 2025, the first time annual deployment has topped 50GW. The fourth quarter alone contributed 18.6GW, underscoring…

Octopus Energy Generation pledges $500 million to US reforestation and afforestation projects, aiming to sequester up to 50 million tonnes of CO2 over four decades, strengthening its commitment to nature-based solutions and clean energy expansion. Octopus Energy Generation has committed $500 million to a series of reforestation and afforestation projects in the United States, in a deal that could remove up to 50 million tonnes of carbon dioxide over the next 40 years. The projects will be developed by Living Carbon, a California-based climate technology company that works on restoring degraded land, including abandoned mines, exhausted farmland and other low-productivity…

A new report warns that India’s steel sector risks cementing high-emission assets unless capital, policy support, and technological upgrades accelerate, threatening to hinder the nation’s climate ambitions amidst rapid growth and global pressure for greener supply chains. India’s steel industry risks spending the next decade building in yesterday’s technology unless its climate ambitions are matched by capital, policy support and faster operational change, according to a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. In its latest assessment of decarbonisation readiness, IEEFA argues that the sector has largely embraced Paris-aligned net-zero goals on paper, but has not…

Centrica and Delta Electronics collaborate to provide on-site, scalable power solutions using solid oxide fuel cells, aiming to ease grid constraints and accelerate digital infrastructure growth in the UK and Europe. Centrica and Delta Electronics have joined forces in a bid to relieve one of the clearest bottlenecks facing the digital economy: access to power fast enough to keep pace with data centre growth. Their new partnership is aimed at delivering on-site generation for energy-intensive sites in the UK and Europe, with an initial focus on solid oxide fuel cells for locations where grid capacity is already under strain. The…

In a pioneering climate summit in Colombia, 57 nations, scientists, and civil society groups outlined actionable roadmaps to phase out fossil fuels, signalling a shift from diplomatic talks to concrete climate action amid global instability. At a first-of-its-kind summit in Santa Marta, Colombia, countries left with a practical agenda for moving away from fossil fuels, centred on national roadmaps, subsidy reform and cleaner trade rules. The meeting, held from 24 to 29 April and co-hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands, brought together 57 countries, alongside scientists, parliamentarians, civil society groups and Indigenous representatives, in a format officials described as a…

Owners and regulators are pushing back as the IMO’s Net Zero Framework hits a renewed snag, with U.S. officials urging alternative paths that cut emissions without spiking shipping costs or disrupting trade. The debate at MEPC 84 in London matters to shippers, import-dependent economies and everyday consumers. Who’s speaking up: U.S. Federal Maritime Commission chair Laura DiBella led a diplomatic push at MEPC 84, engaging more than 20 countries to consider alternatives to the Net Zero Framework. What’s at stake: The NZF would set greenhouse gas intensity standards and levy charges on non-compliant vessels, a system that critics call a…

The EU is contemplating a ‘zero-penalty’ approach for its upcoming methane rules, reflecting a shift towards easing enforcement in response to industry and geopolitical pressures amid ongoing climate commitments. The European Commission is weighing a softer enforcement regime for the bloc’s incoming methane rules, including a possible “zero-penalty” approach that would let national authorities refrain from fining companies that fail to meet the new standards, according to people familiar with the discussions. The move would mark a significant shift in the EU’s effort to police emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that is central to the oil and gas…

IBM launches the Envizi Emissions API to help companies integrate greenhouse gas calculations into existing operational tools, aiming to cut reliance on manual spreadsheets and improve data consistency amid tightening disclosure rules. IBM has launched a new emissions calculation API aimed at a problem that still dog corporate carbon reporting: too many teams are relying on spreadsheets, manual reconciliations and disconnected systems to calculate greenhouse gas emissions. The Envizi Emissions API sits within IBM’s Envizi ESG Suite and is designed to let companies, developers and software vendors build Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 calculations directly into the tools…

The Science Based Targets initiative has updated its Absolute Contraction Approach, allowing companies to choose their medium-term target years while maintaining annual emission reduction rates, in a move aimed at enhancing practicality and inclusivity in corporate decarbonisation planning. The Science Based Targets initiative has quietly changed a rule that has long shaped corporate decarbonisation planning. In an update to its Absolute Contraction Approach, the group said the old method was too rigid for companies setting targets later in the decade, so it has shifted away from a fixed 2030 endpoint while keeping its minimum annual reduction floor at 4.2%. (sciencebasedtargets.org)…