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Climate
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Empowering the next generation of climate leaders: Reflections from CATF’s inaugural CEE Fellowship
CATF’s first Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Fellowship Empowering energy and climate leaders of tomorrow has wrapped up its inaugural year, uniting ten emerging professionals from across the region to build knowledge, exchange ideas, and accelerate progress toward a cleaner energy future. Selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants,…
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Nuclear Energy and Europe’s Energy Crossroads
Co-authored with Alan Ahn, Deputy Director for Nuclear, Climate and Energy Program, Third Way The EU stands at an energy crossroads The past few years have made one thing clear: energy security is an important element of overall security. The European Union’s industrial and geopolitical stability has long been exposed to external shocks and dependencies. Today, as the bloc seeks to rebuild its industrial base and assert strategic sovereignty, nuclear…
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Major methane emissions continue across Romania’s oil and gas infrastructure, underscoring urgent need to defend EU Methane Regulation
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA – Between 8–16 July 2025, 2 Celsius, Clean Air Task Force (CATF), and the Center for Climate Crime Analysis (CCCA) conducted a methane emissions documentation campaign across Romania, surveying over 75 oil and gas facilities using optical gas imaging (OGI) technology. Key Findings Visual evidence was captured at abandoned and active wells, processing facilities,…
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Unlocking the Potential of Biomass Carbon Removal and Storage: Highlights from New York Climate Week
Additional Contributors: Charlotte Levy, Carbon180; Dan Sanchez, Carbon Direct; and Audrey Denvir, World Resources Institute During New York Climate Week, Clean Air Task Force (CATF) brought together experts from Carbon180, Carbon Direct, the National Wildlife Federation, and World Resources Institute to present and discuss the opportunities and challenges of Biomass…
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Reliability, affordability, and durability take center stage at Climate Week NYC
With Climate Week NYC 2025 now behind us, one theme from the proceedings has been unmistakable: reliability, affordability, and durability are front and center in the global climate conversation. Whether it’s meeting rapidly growing electricity demand or identifying economically workable solutions to reduce emissions from sectors like agriculture, these challenges are becoming broadly recognized as increasingly urgent and central…
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Experience Exchange: Learning from India’s waste management success
Over the past 20 years, India has taken important steps to strengthen its solid waste management systems, from policy changes to improved technical and implementation support at the national, state, and local level. This month, as part of the WasteMAP initiative, CATF’s methane pollution prevention team traveled there with representatives…
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CFTC withdrawal of carbon market guidance will weaken market integrity and undermine climate mitigation, warns CATF
Washington, D.C. – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the withdrawal of its “Guidance Regarding the Listing of Voluntary Carbon Credit Derivative Contracts,” reversing a decision intended to provide greater transparency and accountability in voluntary carbon markets. “The short-sighted decision by the CFTC to withdraw its guidance on…
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Beneath the surface: What you need to know about geologic hydrogen
Hydrogen has long played a vital role in the industrial landscape, from fertilizer production to petroleum refining. It will remain essential in a decarbonizing economy, where it is uniquely positioned to replace today’s carbon-intensive hydrogen use in “no-regrets” sectors such as hard-to-electrify industries, fertilizer production, petroleum refining, maritime shipping, heavy-duty trucking, and aviation. As momentum builds behind…
