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CP Daily: Friday September 25, 2020
Compliance entities bulk up CCA positions as speculators shift holdings between vintages
Experts differ on extent of nature-based offsets in net zero plans
Death at Hells Gates: rescuers witness tragic end for hundreds of pilot whales on Australian coast
Desperate stories emerge from the battle to save pilot whales and their calves in Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania’s west coast
Ingrid Albion has been helping to save whales and dolphins for three decades, but has never seen anything on a scale like this before. Nobody in Australia has.
Within the rugged beauty of Macquarie Harbour, a wild Southern Ocean frontier on the remote Tasmanian west coast, she has witnessed the biggest disaster of its kind seen in this part of the world.
Continue reading...EU budget row blocks deal on using carbon revenues for COVID-19 recovery
Data and Policy Analyst, Sandbag – Brussels/Paris/Home-based
Carbon Roadmap Project Manager, Apple – Cupertino, California
New York RGGI update remains incomplete as officials promise finalisation this year
Virginia rejects Dominion request to include RGGI in power rate hike
Sir David Attenborough breaks Jennifer Aniston's Instagram record
EU Midday Market Briefing
Young people resume global climate strikes calling for urgent action
Greta Thunberg leads protests as Covid rules restrict numbers compared with last year
School pupils, youth activists and communities around the world have turned out for a day of climate strikes, intended to underscore the urgency of the climate crisis even in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
Social distancing and other Covid-19 control measures dampened the protests, but thousands of activists posted on social media and took to the streets to protest against the lack of climate action from world leaders. Strikes were scheduled in at least 3,500 locations around the globe.
Continue reading...Grouse moors under fire after golden eagle tag found in Scottish river
Investigators say discovery of satellite tag wrapped in lead sheeting is a breakthrough after spate of bird disappearances
The satellite tag from a golden eagle which vanished in suspicious circumstances on a Scottish grouse moor four years ago has been found in a river, wrapped in lead sheeting.
The tag was recovered earlier this year from the River Braan in Perthshire in what wildlife crime investigators believe is a breakthrough in their attempts to detect and combat bird of prey persecution.
Continue reading...Missing golden eagle's tag 'wrapped in lead and dumped' in river
Polish coal unions agree to mine closures before 2050 -media
CN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending Sep. 25, 2020
'Sliding towards extinction': koala may be given endangered listing as numbers plummet
The species is among 28 animals being assessed for potential upgrade of their threat status, federal government says
The koala is being considered for official listing as endangered after the summer’s bushfire disaster and ongoing habitat destruction on the east coast forced the government to reconsider its threat status.
The iconic species, which is currently listed as vulnerable under national environment laws, is among 28 animals that could have their threat status upgraded, the federal environment minister, Sussan Ley, said on Friday.
Continue reading...NZ Market: NZUs stuck at FPO level as trading grinds to a halt
Carbon Projects Origination Managers, AirCarbon – Africa, Asia, LATAM
How clean are England's rivers? The latest report makes for uncomfortable reading | Rachel Salvidge
If you’ve been wild swimming this summer it’s worrying to discover that all water bodies are polluted beyond legal limits
England, 2020. Every single river and lake is polluted beyond legal limits. Not one is free from toxic chemicals from industries past and present. Water companies disgorge untold volumes of raw human sewage into them, while farm fertilisers and pesticides seep insidiously into rivers, accompanied by lashings of slurry.
Related: Shocking state of English rivers revealed as all of them fail pollution tests
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