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Pipeline of UK battery storage projects soars past 16GW
Pipeline of battery storage projects across UK reaches 16.1GW.
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California offset task force recommends issuance improvements as it advances past ideas
VCM Report: Offset prices surge on heightened CORSIA credit interest
RGGI compliance entity, startup register in Northeast US cap-and-trade market
Covid caused a coal-killing carbon crunch, and it could be permanent
A new report shows that COVID19 kicked coal in the gut. What will it take to truly bring it down?
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Angus Taylor’s own projections confirmed EVs were the best choice two months ago
It isn't easy to make a strategy look bad. We're discovering just how far Australia's government had to go to do just that.
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Director of Technological GHG Innovations, Verra – Washington DC/Remote
EU Market: EUAs hit new record as cold lifts energy prices, pundits eye €40
Pollen season grows 20 days in 30 years as climate crisis hits hay fever sufferers
Pollen released by plants is also more intense than in 1990 in bad news for those with allergies, research in US and Canada finds
The climate crisis is multiplying the miseries faced by people with allergies, with new research finding that the pollen season in North America is now an average 20 days longer than it was three decades ago.
Related: How urban planners' preference for male trees has made your hay fever worse
Continue reading...Nationals' push to carve farming from a net-zero target is misguided and dangerous
EU should examine sub-national climate pledges for potential overlaps -report
Director of Policy & Government Relations, Clean Prosperity – Ottawa
Canada’s 2050 net zero goal achievable with further investments in long-term solutions -report
Senior Policy Analyst, ERCST – Brussels
Stakeholder Engagement Manager, CDSB – London
Bolivia investigates death of 35 condors
Carbon Markets Program Manager, CCAP – Washington DC
UN chief urges leaders to start Cop26 climate negotiations online
António Guterres says Covid pandemic must not halt preparatory work for key summit in Glasgow
Governments must step up their efforts ahead of vital climate talks this year by agreeing to negotiate formally online for the first time, the UN secretary general has said.
António Guterres told a meeting of governments and officials on Monday that formal negotiations for the Cop26 summit must be begun virtually owing to the Covid-19 pandemic and the constraints it had placed on governments meeting in person.
Continue reading...Elon Musk pledges $100m to carbon capture contest
Fifteen teams will get $1m to develop ideas, with a $50m prize awaiting the winner
The Tesla co-founder Elon Musk has offered a $100m (£73m) fund for inventions that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or oceans.
Musk, who has built up an estimated $203bn fortune, said he wanted scientists to make a “truly meaningful impact” and achieve “carbon negativity, not neutrality”.
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