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Melting of ice is slowing planet’s rotation and could disrupt internet traffic, financial transactions and GPS

The climate crisis is causing the length of each day to get longer, analysis shows, as the mass melting of polar ice reshapes the planet.

The phenomenon is a striking demonstration of how humanity’s actions are transforming the Earth, scientists said, rivalling natural processes that have existed for billions of years.

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South Africa’s legislative capital has raised R$36 million ($2 mln) by auctioning credits generated under the Kyoto-era UN Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) from projects that convert landfill-origin methane into electricity.

Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah is suing three government departments over Ella’s fatal asthma attack

The mother of a nine-year-old girl who became the first person in the UK to have air pollution cited on their death certificate has said she wants an official apology for her daughter’s suffering as her high court claim against the government heads to trial.

Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah is suing three government departments for compensation for personal injury arising from the illness and premature death of her daughter Ella, who had a fatal asthma attack in 2013 after being exposed to excessive air pollution.

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There was a slight lift in trading prices across several key indices in the voluntary carbon market last week, reflecting the ongoing interest in the impact of Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) on the market.

Federal Labor will fast-track a national certification scheme to guarantee the provenance of green hydrogen – and renewable electrons – produced in Australia.

The post Guarantee of origin scheme for green hydrogen, renewable electricity put on fast track appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Africa’s president has urged other developing countries to ditch fossil fuels in favour of green energy in order to avoid having to pay economy-damaging future carbon taxes, Reuters reported on Monday.

Retrofitting traditional steel plants with carbon capture and storage technology is unlikely to be more cost competitive than investing in newer, hydrogen-based steelmaking, according to analysis by a climate NGO.

A Qatar-based research and development (R&D) centre has signed an MOU with a Japanese think tank to accelerate carbon trading under the Paris Agreement, the pair announced on Sunday.

Credit demand for the first phase of CORSIA, the international aviation emission scheme, hangs in the balance with an extreme range between low and high projections of airline emissions, finds a report.

Dutch bank Rabobank has adopted a new tool to prevent overlap with any other carbon projects in the same area to where it plans to operate, following its suspension of project activities in Cote d’Ivoire in response to a government request.

Based on current projects, Europe’s oil and gas producers are on track to reach 42 million tonnes of CO2 stored per year by 2030, falling short of an EU-wide target of 50 mln, the industry’s trade association told Carbon Pulse in an interview.

Heat advisories are in place from Texas to New York as major east coast cities under air quality alerts

Millions of Americans are bracing themselves for dangerous temperatures at the start of the working week as a heat dome blankets the midwest and eastern United States.

Heat advisories are in place in Kansas and Texas all the way to New York and South Carolina, as the area of high pressure that caused misery in the west last week slowly makes its way across the country.

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It is the first cave to be discovered on the Moon and could protect astronauts from radiation.

Carbon Pulse rounds up developments in Latin American and Caribbean carbon markets for the week ending July 14, in which Brazil reiterated the significance of biofuels in its decarbonisation strategy and Colombia’s Constitutional Court ruled for the first time on REDD projects.

A political risk insurance product has been launched Monday that will cover losses for both parties should a project’s host country revoke the authorisation of Article 6 sovereign credits, known as ITMOs.

European carbon prices gave up Friday's late gains to once again test a major technical support level that has propped the market up since early July, amid similar weakness across related markets as forecasts for higher temperatures and improved renewables output brought an end to the energy complex's two-day rally.

A US direct air capture developer has named a new director of business development to lure major carbon removals buyers such as Microsoft and Salesforce into big, long-lasting offtake agreements, it announced on Monday.

The first stage of what will be the biggest battery project in Australia has been energised little more than a year after it was first announced.

The post First stage of Australia’s biggest battery project energised to start flattening solar duck appeared first on RenewEconomy.

An oil project in the Murchison Falls National Park (MFNP) in Uganda will have a devasting impact on biodiversity, with a number of grave consequences for wildlife and local communities already ongoing, a study has found.

US technology company HP has teamed up with a Switzerland-based nature tech startup on an initiative aimed at advancing coastal ecosystem restoration efforts in Indonesia.