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Canadian gold miner inks forestry offset deal with developer and First Nation community
TCI carbon market framework progresses, but doubts persist about timeline
California sets 20-mth high with 11.2 mln new offsets, as Quebec issues first credits since July
EU carbon pricing needs to top €200/t to reach net zero, says oil major Shell
One cat, one year, 110 native animals: lock up your pet, it's a killing machine
Farmers lose legal challenge to cancellation of Derbyshire badger cull
Wildlife groups welcome ruling as high court dismisses judicial review by NFU on all grounds
Farmers have lost a challenge to the government’s cancellation of the badger cull in Derbyshire in a high court ruling that has been welcomed by wildlife groups.
A judicial review of the environment secretary’s decision to halt a planned expansion of the cull to Derbyshire last September brought by the National Farmers’ Union was dismissed on all grounds.
Continue reading...EU keeps mum on CORSIA baseline as analysis says change could wipe airlines’ initial obligations
Global carbon fund hands back majority of early gains as volatility bet sours
Seeds of hope: on a mission to protect Tasmania's ancient pencil pines
Climate change could leave the 1,000-year-old conifers too stressed to seed, but a two-person cone-gathering operation aims to safeguard their survival
Hunched against the wind in Tasmania’s central highlands are the floral relics of the last ice age. Walking among them, armed with a large pole and a cloth bag, is James Wood, the coordinator of the Tasmanian seed bank. It is the first time in five years that Tasmania’s 1,000-year-old conifers have seeded, and he is determined not to miss it.
It is the third week of April. A coronavirus outbreak has occurred in Tasmania’s north-west, causing the premier to close two regional hospitals and place 5,000 health workers and their families in quarantine. And Wood is walking a deserted stretch of the Overland Track, alone but for Justin Dyer, his guide from the Tasmanian Walking Company, in search of stands of pencil pines, or Athrotaxis cupressoides.
Continue reading...Russian supertrawlers off Scottish coast spark fears for UK marine life
Environmentalists call for crackdown on ‘destructive’ vessels after fleet spotted
A fleet of Russian supertrawlers has been spotted fishing off the coast of Scotland in a protected area, raising concerns by environmentalists over the impact of industrial vessels on marine life in UK waters.
The 11 vessels, among the largest trawlers in the world, have spent “significant time” fishing in the Wyville-Thomson Ridge, a British special area of conservation (SAC), according to data analysed by Greenpeace.
Continue reading...Merkel seeks to renegotiate EU burden-sharing under higher 2030 GHG goal
AEMC seeks input on proposed delay to five-minute settlement rule change
AEMC seeks views on proposed introduction of five-minute settlement rule change, as regulators focus on Covid-19 response.
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Next year’s UN climate talks should take place in Africa as planned, says continent’s negotiators
UK police exploit silent Nissan electric cars to hunt poachers
UK police department takes advantage of new electric vehicle fleet's silent running to sneakily listen for wildlife poacher's gunshots.
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SK Market: Korean CO2 auction fails to sell out as KAU prices tank
EU's live export trade puts welfare of millions of animals at risk – report
European commission finds welfare gaps, non-compliance and poor planning in trade of animals to North Africa and the Middle-East
The welfare of millions of cattle, sheep and goats exported from the EU is being put at risk by failings including heat stress, bad planning and a lack of information from the destination country, a new European commission report has found.
Among the systemic problems identified were poor planning for high temperatures, an issue that has been raised repeatedly by campaigners. In summer, the report said, animals “in many vehicles arriving to ports” must sometimes “endure temperatures of over 35C”.
Continue reading...UK takeaway food waste rises during coronavirus lockdown
Survey shows food waste generated has risen from £111 to £148 per restaurant per week
Food waste generated by UK restaurants dishing up takeaways during the lockdown has risen as a result of consumers’ “unpredictable ordering patterns” during the pandemic, research has revealed.
Unusual fluctuations in demand have led to an increase in food waste generated in takeaway outlets rising from an average of £111 per restaurant per week in normal times to £148 – equivalent to a £16.7m rise for the sector as a whole since lockdown, according to the research.
Continue reading...Safeguard crediting could create ‘two-speed’ carbon pricing in Australia, analysts say
Green energy firms on track to deliver multi-billion pound wind farms
Companies want to power greener economic recovery following Covid-19 pandemic
Britain’s biggest green energy companies are on track to deliver multi-billion pound wind farm investments across the north-east of England and Scotland to help power a cleaner economic recovery.
Scottish Power plans to “repower” Scotland’s oldest commercial wind farm as part of a £150m scheme to develop a clean energy cluster in central Scotland capable of supplying 100,000 homes with green electricity.
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